A thick carpet of "smelly" sargassum seaweed has washed up on Florida's Delray Beach on July 22.<br /><br />The filmer told Newsflare: "The seaweed, which originates in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and in the Caribbean Sea, blew to shore from the Gulf Stream on strong easterly winds.<br /><br />"Delray Beach tries to deal with the seaweed by using tractors to plough it under, which, with the changing tides shifting the sand around, isn't always successful."<br /><br />The seaweed can get caught in the propellers of boats and it releases a distinct smell as it decays. The plant generally inhabits shallow water and coral reefs.
