Bill Kearney

The beaches of South Florida are currently clogged with bristly, stinky and downright annoying piles of seaweed known as sargassum. The messy masses can actually emit harmful gases and harbor animals that sting.

The beaches of South Florida are currently clogged with bristly, stinky and downright annoying piles of seaweed known as sargassum.

The beaches of South Florida are currently clogged with bristly, stinky and downright annoying piles of seaweed known as sargassum.

Tropical Storm Arthur formed Wednesday, bringing heightened risk for flash flooding and tornadoes along the U.S. Gulf Coast into the Florida Panhandle, forecasters said.

A combination of a heat dome and dry Saharan dust will make the next week in South Florida exceptionally hot. ‘Feels-like’ temperatures could be as high as 110 over the next seven days.

It happened on the 5600 block of Enclave Place in a residential neighborhood on Saturday evening, police said.

South Florida is headed for another hot week as dry Saharan dust inhibits thunderstorms early in the week, and “feels-like” temperatures approach 110 degrees.

A sand-relocation project off Port Everglades is underway, aiming to replenish beaches in the region. But neighbors say they’re dealing with noise from the work, among other issues.

The weather this week will be dominated by heat and slow-moving thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings that could dump large amounts of rain in one area.

When Mark Kraus came across copious amounts of coyote poop on the trails of Montgomery Botanical Center, south of Miami, he couldn't help but start dissecting it.