Hundreds of thousands of dead fish were reported in Lake Wichita in Texas, channel 6 reported. Golden algae was blamed for the cause of death. The algae release a toxin into the water that make it difficult for the fish to breathe, eventually leading to suffocation.

In Georgia, thousands of dead fish have washed up on the shores of a lake in Butts County. Estimated around 2,300 carp, bass and catfish have died in South River in Butts County.

Thousands of dead fish turned up over the past couple of days at Dexter City Lake in Missouri.

Thousands of rotten dead fish float up the shore of Quiver Creek attached to Chautauqua Lake in Havana, Illinoise.