![Piles of sargassum seaweed are accumulating on the beaches of Florida's Key West. Scientists say the seaweed is expected to increase even more over the next few months.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2023/05/hypatia-h_5cf4c380535ab0a9210b7edb4923e5fc-h_0411888ef6cd13069ae60072c497aa28-300-375x225.jpg)
A record-breaking blob of smelly seaweed is arriving in Key West — and tourists aren’t happy about it
By Leyla Santiago, Zoe Sottile and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Ginny Matts and her boyfriend were excited to celebrate her 60th birthday in Key West. But their vacation was spoiled by an unexpected guest: a record-breaking amount of smelly seaweed known as sargassum that is coating the iconic Florida island’s popular beaches. What Matts and her
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