awareness. do i have your attention now? (chanting) save the fish. reporter: many floridians are worried not just about their waterways but also their own airways. red tides can make it hard to breathe. there are days that i can t walk to it the end of my street because i m already coughing. reporter: red tides do naturally occur here. but scientists believe warming ocean waters due to climate change may be making them more frequent. this spring a breach at an old phosphate pit sent 200 million gallons of polluted water into tampa bay. it is concerning that the last severe red tide bloom was just three years ago. we would have expected ten years to go by before we see something like this. reporter: tyler capella fears red tides will eventually sink his business. are you worried about your livelihood? oh, 100%, and eventually the whole area is going to become a dead zone. reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, tampa bay.
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into tampa bay. now, that is very unusual. reporter: michael crosby studies red tides at sarasota s marine laboratory. it becomes very difficult for it to get back out again because of the tidal sloshing back and forth. reporter: tyler capella worries he s running out of time. are you worried about your livelihood? oh, 100%. my fear is this entire region has potential to become a dead reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, tampa bay. o donnell: there is still much more news ahead on tonight s cbs evening news. what s behind the jet fuel shortage that s led to a number of flight cancellations. and the investigation after a home is blown to pieces. and a dramatic rescue caught on camera. what police and bystanders did to save a mother and her baby. ad to save a mother and her baby.
iraq will be finished by the end of this year. about 2,500 american troops are still in iraq. stay behind to train and assist iraqi forces. u.s. troops in afghanistan will be reduced to just a few hundred by t o month, bringing an end to america s longest war. a close advisor to former president trump pleaded not guilty today to federal charges of illegally lobbying for the united arab emirates. tom barrack who also ran the trump inaugural committee was freed from jail on friday on a $250 million bond, including 5 million in cash. that s actually one of the largest criminal bails in history. we turn now to florida s gulf coast, and that awful outbreak of red tide. beaches near tampa have been littered with dead fish killed by a massive algae bloom that marine scientists say has been worsened by pollution. here s cbs ben tracy. reporter: tyler capella took us out on tampa bay to see what he calls his nightmare. gnarly.