Workers are using sargassum and sand to rebuild the beach, with shore retention and reef protection in mind.

For the fifth consecutive year, influxes of sargassum seaweed have begun piling up on beachfronts in major tourist destinations in Belize.

Large quantities of sargassum are likely to wash up on the beaches of Mexico’s Caribbean coast in 2019, according to a researcher.

Sargassum, a type of seaweed, is creating problems as it washes up across the Caribbean.

Some tourists have canceled summer trips and lawmakers on Tobago have termed the sargassum invasion a “natural disaster.”