Temporary swim ban at 3 local beaches: Three Newport News beaches are off limits to swimming until at least Monday. Red tide may have hit the James River.

From: Daily Press (Newport News, VA) | Date: August 26, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Finneran

Aug. 26--NEWPORT NEWS -- Sophie Richman noticed the James River behind her Hilton area home take on a red tint Tuesday.

"It looked like someone poured Rit Dye in there," she said.

By Saturday the area around Hilton smelled like dead and decaying fish.

And when Richman took her dog Lucy for a walk down by the riverbank she noticed something odd: crabs and small hogchoker fish seemed to be jumping out of the water only to die on the sand.

"Since I've lived here, and we moved in here in 1995, I've never experienced this," she said.

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