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Record seaweed surge forces Mexico beach closures

Smelly sargassum seaweed blankets Mexico's Caribbean coast, forcing beach closures in Cancun and Tulum. Tourism drops "extremely seriously" as 119,000 tons of seaweed are expected, costing the state $2 billion annually.