Photos: Spring breakers throng Florida beaches despite coronavirus pandemic

Beaches on Florida's Gulf coast near Tampa are flooded with spring breakers

Last updated: March 18, 2020 | 14:41

Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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People gather at Clearwater Beach in Florida. Spring breakers are partying by the hundreds on some beaches, while police are sweeping others, ordering people away through loud speakers.

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Tabatha Hannah, a student at St. Clair Community College, center, talks with Miami Beach police officers, in Miami Beach, Florida

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Cece Guida, 19, top, of New York City, pushes on Sam Reddick, 20, of Evansville, Ind., as spring break revellers look on during a game of chicken fight on the beach, in Pompano Beach, Florida

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This group of young men from a high school in Cincinnati play Spike Ball in Miramar Beach near Destin, Florida

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Spring breakers sit out on a deck after being told to leave at McSorley’s Beach Pub in Fort Lauderdale Florida

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A man, right, strolls by a large crowd of spring break revellers gathered on the beach, in Pompano Beach, Florida

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This group of young ladies from Clemson University gather during spring break near Pompano Joe's Restaurant in Miramar Beach near Destin, Florida

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Laura Haverty, left, and Haley Halse, both of Saratoga, N.Y., hug at McSorley's Beach Pub, in Fort Lauderdale Florida

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John Jordan, from right, and his wife Sarah, of Tennessee, along with their three children put out seats on the North Beach, in Clearwater Beach, Florida

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People feed gulls on the beach during spring break in Miami Beach, Florida

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Two men wrestle each other as spring break revellers look on during a contest on the beach, in Pompano Beach, Florida

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Visitors enjoy North Beach in Clearwater Beach, Florida

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Visitors sit on the North Beach, in Clearwater Beach, Florida

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John Jordan, right, wife Sarah, second from left, and their three children, of Tennessee, arrive on the North Beach, in Clearwater Beach, Florida

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Spring break revellers party on the beach, in Pompano Beach, Florida

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Anglers tend to their lines as they fish at the Jupiter Inlet, in Jupiter, Florida

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Spring breakers walk past the doors of Rapido Pizza in Seaside, Florida

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