By Tara Rippin • 20 June 2020 • 18:39
BATHERS are being warned of their presence and asked to be cautious to avoid stings.
In a tweet, the MeteOrihuela, a meteorological project for the region, shared snaps of ‘specimens of these marine animals on the beaches’ taken by Felix Marin.
¡Siguen llegando #medusas a la #CostaBlanca! Esta tarde (20/06/2020), ejemplares de estos animales marinos en las playas de #GuardamarDelSegura (#Alicante). Precaución ante posibles picaduras. Imágenes: Félix Marín. pic.twitter.com/k5zfpCZChP — MeteOrihuela (@MeteOrihuela) June 20, 2020
¡Siguen llegando #medusas a la #CostaBlanca! Esta tarde (20/06/2020), ejemplares de estos animales marinos en las playas de #GuardamarDelSegura (#Alicante). Precaución ante posibles picaduras. Imágenes: Félix Marín. pic.twitter.com/k5zfpCZChP
— MeteOrihuela (@MeteOrihuela) June 20, 2020
On Wednesday, June 18, bathers were reportedly asked to leave the water at Playa Levante in Benidorm, to safeguard them against stings as blooms of jellyfish were spotted close to the beach.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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