If you're planning a trip to the Atlantic Coast of central Florida in the near future, be warned that thousands of beachgoers have been stung by jellyfish over the past two weeks.
More than
3,000 people have been stung on area beaches since June 8, Volusia County beach safety officials told WFLA Thursday.
On Monday alone, 347 people were stung and treated. No one was seriously injured.
Mary Lane, an instructor with the Jimmy Lane Surfing Academy in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, told the station she found herself wrapped in the tentacles of a jellyfish that she had to pull off her torso.
"This has probably been the worst summer in a long time," she said.
Purple flags warning of dangerous marine life in the waters continue to fly on the county's beaches.
Comment: World seismic and volcanic activity appears to be rising:
- 'Bizarre new normal': Kilauea eruptions no sign of slowing down
- Telica volcano in Nicaragua spews huge ash cloud and rocks
- New explosive eruption at Shinmoedake volcano, Japan
- Powerful M6.1 quake strikes Port Villa, Vanuatu - Location considered "unusual"
- Vancouver Island hit with over 150 tremors in 24 hour
- M4.4 earthquake shakes part of northern Oklahoma
- Kilaeua: Lava covers more than 9 miles of island, M5.4 quake reported
- Series of stronger eruptions at Stromboli volcano in Italy
- Volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupts after series of 9 earthquakes
- Powerful earthquake in Bárðarðarbunga, Iceland, one of Vatnajökull's monster volcanoes
- Sakurajima volcano erupts again in southwestern Japan
- Another major eruption at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
- Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser has now erupted eight times in less than three months intriguing scientists
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