Greg Toppo

USATODAY

A woman visiting a popular southern California beach over Memorial Day Weekend was hospitalized late Sunday after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said.



In response to the attack in Newport Beach, Calif., the beach was closed at Corona del Mar State Beach, the Orange County, Calif., Sheriff's Office said.

The victim’s name was not immediately released. The Orange County Register said the attack took place just after 4 p.m. PT

The Newport Beach Fire Department said the woman suffered "traumatic injuries" in the attack, KTLA reported.

In Neptune Beach, Fla., officials on Sunday said a 13-year-old boy swimming in shallow water Sunday afternoon was bitten on the right calf by a shark that was estimated to be five to six feet long.

Neptune Beach police said the boy suffered severe lacerations to his calf and shin, First Coast News reported.

It was the first shark bite of 2016 at Neptune Beach, but the third this month along the so-called First Coast, an area stretching across Florida’s northernmost Atlantic coast.

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