A swimmer was bitten on the foot in a suspected shark attack Friday at a New York City beach, prompting authorities to briefly shut the beach.
The attack at Jones Beach comes a day after a number of shark sightings had been reported at different New York City and Long Island seashores.
The particular person was swimming at Jones Beach State Park Field 6 once they suffered lacerations on their foot, the New York City Parks Department mentioned.
Lifeguards responded instantly and an ambulance took the sufferer to a hospital to be handled for non-life-threatening accidents, based on the division.
Swimming was suspended whereas officers looked for sharks and different harmful marine life. After an hour of looking out, none had been discovered and swimming was allowed to renew, although restricted to wading as much as swimmers’ waists, the division mentioned.
New York City officers on Thursday reported a number of shark sightings at Rockaway Beach in Queens and imposed intermittent beach closures. New York City Emergency Management additionally issued a warning advising of the closures and urging beachgoers to observe the steerage from lifeguards.
Farther east, lifeguards at a Long Island beach noticed a shark Thursday in the water off Point Lookout and instantly ordered individuals out of the ocean. Point Lookout and neighboring Hempstead seashores had been additionally briefly closed to swimming after the sighting.
The beach closures come as record-breaking heat continues to grip the japanese United States, drawing massive crowds to space seashores.
Shark sightings have turn into extra widespread as authorities improve using drones to seek for them in the water. But whereas sharks are generally discovered in the waters off the United States, shark bites are rare, specialists say.
Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Museum of Natural History’s shark analysis program, told The Associated Press that there are between 60 and 80 identified unprovoked bites worldwide annually. It’s extraordinarily uncommon that two or extra individuals are bitten in shut proximity.