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A number of seashores in Westchester County and three on Lengthy Island had been ordered to be closed to swimmers after micro organism was discovered within the waters that might pose a well being danger.

With summer season warmth already right here and the Fourth of July vacation arising, many households could be seeking to spend time alongside the water to assist preserve cool. And as inviting because the banks of the Hudson River might look in Sleep Hole, no swimming was allowed on Friday at Philipse Manor Seaside.

That is as a result of it, together with Croton Level Seaside in Croton-on-Hudson, was closed by the county after common weekly testing for enterococcus micro organism, which had been churned up within the water on account of rain and wind.

“They did give you elevated ranges. We resampled. They got here up elevated once more so that time we did a closure on the seashores,” mentioned Christopher Ericson, the deputy commissioner for the Westchester County Division of Well being.

The 2 seashores will stay closed for the weekend and are anticipated to reopen Monday, Ericson mentioned, assuming testing does not flip up elevated ranges of micro organism.

It comes as three seashores on Lengthy Island had been additionally closed to swimming on Friday on account of extra micro organism discovered within the waters. Asharoken Seaside and Steers Seaside in Northport and the Huntington seashore Group Affiliation Seaside in Centerport had been ordered to shut quickly.

All three will reopen if later testing reveals micro organism ranges have subsided.

Dr. Gregson Pigott, the Suffolk County well being commissioner, mentioned that going into the water there can result in gastrointestinal sicknesses in addition to doable eye, ear, nostril and throat infections.