The Virginia Department of Health's advisory for parts of Smith Mountain Lake remains in place.

Smith Mountain Lake sounds like a good place to be, but if you're headed there, you need to know about the Health Department's advisory for parts of that area.

A popular park in Cumberland, Maine is experiencing a toxic blue-green algae bloom.

There is a serious and deadly warning out to pet owners this summer if you plan on hitting lakes. Blue-green algae has taken the lives of several dogs over the past few weeks in North Carolina, Texas and Georgia according...

NORTH CAROLINA (WSET) -- A doggy play date at a North Carolina pondturned tragic after three pups died from toxic algae, their owner said. CNN reportsMelissa Martin and Denise Mintz took their dogs Abby, Izzy and Harpo to a pond...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The Virginia Department of Health has issued a harmful algae bloom advisory for upper and middle Pamunkey as well as Middle and Lower North Anna Branches of Lake Anna. The areas are experiencing a harmful algae...

BILOXI-GULFPORT, MS (WSET) -- A toxic algae bloom so harmful, it has shut down all 21 beaches in Mississippi, CNNreports. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says a blue-green harmful algal bloom has made the water unsafe for swimmers. The...