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Toxic red tide algae, last seen in 2018, returns to Texas coast

Areas of the Texas Gulf Coast are seeing blooms of the algae, which can make people sick and kill fish.

Red tide cell concentrations are visible in the water near South Padre Island on Oct. 27, 2009.


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