Beaches

Beaches in southern Florida will be closed during the Fourth of July weekend under an emergency order set to be signed Saturday amid a statewide spike in confirmed novel coronavirus cases. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said he was closing all beaches from Friday, July 3 to Tuesday, July 7, effectively making them off-limits…

Miami-Dade County, Fla., officials announced on Friday that the county would close beaches for July Fourth weekend amid fears that gatherings will spark further coronavirus outbreaks.County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced he was signing an emergency order to close beaches starting Friday and ending Tuesday.BREAKING: Beaches in @MiamiDadeCounty will close for the 4th of July holiday out of concerns for social…

Beaches in Miami-Dade County will close on Fourth of July weekend and gatherings of 50 or more people will be banned over concerns of social distancing and the coronavirus. County Mayor Carlos Gimenez will sign an emergency order to close beaches starting Friday, July 3, and ending Tuesday, July 7, his office announced Friday. "As…

The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the United States brought big crowds to some beaches, parks and other destinations across the country, and warnings from experts about people disregarding the coronavirus social-distancing rules. The outbreak in the US, the hardest-hit country in the world, has killed nearly 100,000 people and…

Memorial Day weekend brought crowds to beaches, trails and parks, but officials said that for the most part there were no major problems and that most people appeared to be following social distancing rules.Health officials have said this holiday weekend will be a big test of whether California can ease stay-at-home restrictions while continuing to…