Name: More fecal bacteria in oceans after storms
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Description: North Carolina's beaches could be brimming with bacteria due to aging infrastructure. Researchers at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City said they are seeing more fecal matter indicator bacteria in ocean water.

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<p>CLOSED AND SIGNS WILL GO UP TOMORROW. WARNING AGAINST SWIMMING IN IT. WELL, IT'S A HIDDEN COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THAT'S UPPING THE IT FACTOR FOR BEACHES ALONG THE EAST COAST. SCIENTISTS SAY YOU COULD BE SWIMMING IN MORE FECAL MATTER ON YOUR NEXT VACATION. WR IS LIZ MCLAUGHLIN EXPLAINS &gt;&gt; NORTH CAROLINA'S BEACHES COULD BE BRIMMING WITH BACTERIA. WHEN WE'RE GETTING THESE, WHAT I REFER TO AS NORMAL SUMMERTIME RAINFALL EVENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING, THESE KINDS OF SPIKES AND THESE BACTERIAL CONCENTRATIONS, UNC PROFESSOR IN MICRO BIOLOGIST, RACHEL NOBLE SAYS SHE'S SEEING SOME OF THE HIGHEST E-COLI AND FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA NUMBERS OF HER CAREER IS SO HIGH THAT I'M SUSPECTING THAT SOME SORT OF PI PIPE IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS IS EITHER A CRACKED OR BROKEN. SHE SAYS RISING SEA LEVELS AND HIGHER HIGH TIDES CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ARE FEELING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH STILL WATER. &gt;&gt; FURTHER ROEDING DREAMS AND SEEPING SEWAGE INTO A SWIMMING WATERS. IN ADDITION TO RISING TEMPERATURES THAT THAT GERMS FLOURISH. ACTUALLY THOSE BACTERIA CAN PERSIST FOR MUCH LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. &gt;&gt; AND THOSE SYSTEMS. &gt;&gt; STATES TEST THE WATER. BUT THE RESULTS TYPICALLY TAKE 48 HOURS. SO SWIMMERS MAY BE IN CONTAMINATED WATER BEFORE AN ADVISORY IS RELEASED OR AVOID SWIMMING AFTER THE LEVELS HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL. &gt;&gt; AND CHECK THE SWIM GUYS. BUT WE NO THE RULE ABOUT NOT ESPECIALLY IN THE INLAND SIDE AFTER A BIG STORM FROM THE STORM RUNOFF IT'S PRETTY GROSS. THE THOUGHT OF THAT IN THE WATER IS ENOUGH TO MAKE SOME BEACHGOERS FLIP OUT. AND POTENTIALLY RETHINK RECREATION. &gt;&gt; I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GO ON THE LEFT. &gt;&gt; NOBLE SAYS IT'S A SAFE BET TO STICK TO ONLY SWIMMING IN A TREATED THE POOL FOR 24 HOURS AFTER RATES. LIZ MCLAUGHLIN, WRAL, NEWS, A LITTLE GIRL'S FACE, SAYS IT ALL DONE IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO BAD. SO REFRESHING TO BE TO BE SON AND IF IN THE WATER, WHEN IT'S HOT. &gt;&gt; PROFESSOR NOBLE THE UNC RESEARCHERS HAVE COME UP WITH THE RAPID TESTS FOR BACTERIA. SOME CITIES LIKE SAN DIEGO HAVE ADOPTED IT. NOW, MANY ARE PUSHING FOR NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS TO ALSO START UPGRADING TO FASTER TESTING METHODS THAT YOU CAN AVOID E-COLI BY SKIPPING THE BEACH. IT'S AN ISSUE IN FRESH WATER AS WELL. STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS MONITOR E-COLI OTHER BACTERIA AND TOXIN LEVELS AT AREA LAKES AND RECREATION SPOTS. &gt;&gt; THE HALL RIVER KEEPER MONITORS JORDAN LAKE, A NONPROFIT CALLED SOUND. RIVERS WORKS WITH VOLUNTEERS TO MONITOR BACTERIA LEVELS IN THE NEWS. TAR AND PAMLICO RIVERS, BACTERIA LEVELS AT THESE SITES ARE POSTED ONLINE. YOU CAN FIND LINKS TO THOSE RESOURCES ON</p>

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More fecal bacteria in oceans after storms

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor and microbiologist Rachel Noble said the   E. coli and fecal indicator bacteria levels are among the highest she's ever seen in some North Carolina coastal communities.

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