Red flags were flying on all of Benidorm’s beaches of Wednesday over the risk of being stung by the shoals of jellyfish which were first spotted off shore some days ago and moved closer into the coast on Tuesday.
The species is understood to be the ‘compass jellyfish’, which can inflict a painful sting. Juan Guillén, from the Coastline Ecology Institute, warned that the weals left by the sting can last for a number of weeks.
Diario Información reports that the Town Hall brought in more staff for the clean-up operation on the beach and the beach cleaning machines were ordered to work closer to the shore line.
The red alert was reduced to yellow on Thursday, after the jellyfish began to move away from the coast.
1,200 kilos of jellyfish have been removed from the town's beaches.
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