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CLOSED: All 21 Of Mississippi’s Beaches Have Been Shut Down https://t.co/wyZD5vbYnO— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 8, 2019

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued additional closures Sunday for two beach stations (Station 19 and Station 20) in Jackson County due to a blue-green Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) extending into those areas.

All of the state’s beaches are now closed.

The previous closures issued for 19 other beach stations in Hancock County, Harrison County, and Jackson County remain in effect. Sampling in the Pass Christian Harbor, the Bay St. Louis Harbor, and the Long Beach Harbor has also indicated the presence of an HAB.

MDEQ advises people, and their pets, to avoid water contact such as swimming or wading because exposure to the blue-green HAB can be harmful. The closures refer to water contact and does not prohibit use of the sand portion of a beach.

The algae can cause rashes, stomach cramps, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. MDEQ advises that those exposed wash with soap and water and to not eat fish or any other seafood taken from affected areas.

MDEQ also issued a water contact advisory July 2 for a segment of the Jourdan River in Hancock County from the I-10 bridge to the mouth of the river into St. Louis Bay. MDEQ recommends that people avoid water contact such as swimming, wading, and fishing. People should also avoid eating fish or anything else taken from these waters until further notice. MDEQ encourages the public to be aware of their surroundings and notify the agency and/or local emergency management officials if they see HAB in other sections of the river or anywhere else on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. An algal bloom is the rapid growth of algae on the surface of the water.

The additional stations closed Sunday are: Station 19 — Pascagoula Beach West Station 20 — Pascagoula Beach East Closures remain in effect for: Station 1 – Lakeshore Beach Station 2 – Buccaneer State Park Beach Station 3 – Waveland Beach Station 4 – Bay St. Louis Beach Station 5 – Pass Christian West Beach Station 6 – Pass Christian Central Beach Station 7 – Pass Christian East Beach Station 7A – Long Beach Beach Station 8 – Gulfport West Beach Station 9 – Gulfport Harbor Beach Station 10 – Gulfport Central Beach Station 10B – East Courthouse Road Beach Station 11 – Gulfport East Beach Station 11A – Edgewater Beach Station 12A – Biloxi West Central Beach Station 12B – Biloxi East Central Beach Station 13A – Gulfport Harbor Beach Station 14 – Front Beach Station 15 – Shearwater Beach

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