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Seaweed chokehold on some beaches easing

The once golden sands along some Barbadian shores have been defenceless against the Sargassum seaweed invasion. 

Seemingly endless layers of the brownish yellow moss-like substance drifted inland and became what is considered to be the worst deposit since 2011. 

A Sunday Sun team revisited some of the affected beaches on Wednesday – from River Bay in the north to Bathsheba, Bath and Crane beach in the east and Drill Hall beach on the south.

Compared to photographs published in this newspaper back in April, the chokehold of seaweed on some beaches has eased while for others, the situation has not changed.

Please read the full story in today’s Sunday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.