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Palm trees in the snow, oranges in ice
In the sunny US state of Florida should unprecedented for these places cold - the temperature dropped to minus one degree Celsius. For the first time in many years, local people lucky enough to see palm trees in the snow. However, farmers this situation are not happy: the cold caused damage to agriculture and led to the deaths of wild animals ...
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1) ice-covered metal bird - detail fountain located at the marine station in the Sate Harbor, Florida. Unexpected cold caused the death of sea turtles and manatees off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. (JIM DAMASKE, Times)
2) Ice-covered azalea flowers in the heart of Orlando. (WILLIE J. ALLEN JR., Times)
3) wilted flower on the frozen sheet in Palm Harbor. (Douglas R. Clifford, Times)
4) Ice on the fence, which is fenced field in Brandon Farms. (SKIP O'ROURKE, Times)
5) Residents complain sunny Florida that are not used to the cold that hit the state. The last time such a cold snap in Florida observed Jan. 11, 1927. (SKIP O'ROURKE, Times)
6) Orange Grove, located along the road Springs Lake Highway. Farmers growing citrus, preparing for sereznymu damage. According to preliminary estimates, the harvest of oranges and grapefruit in the current year may be reduced by 30%. (Maurice Rivenbark, Times)
7) According to the head of the Association of Central Florida citrus producers Ray Royce, "this situation is not catastrophic," but if the cold will last, it may become one. (Reuters)
8) On Sunday in Miami was recorded a new local record low temperatures: in colder "to zubodrobitelnyh 1, 7 degrees Celsius." (Reuters)
9) Many farmers include sprinklers to protect plants from frost. (Reuters)
10) throughout Florida hastily withdraw harvest oranges. (Reuters)
11) As promised meteorologists, normal weather in Miami will be back by Friday. (Reuters)
12) The average January temperature in the region is about 25 degrees Celsius, the average minimum - about 16 degrees Celsius. (Reuters)
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12 ph via bigpicture
1) ice-covered metal bird - detail fountain located at the marine station in the Sate Harbor, Florida. Unexpected cold caused the death of sea turtles and manatees off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. (JIM DAMASKE, Times)
2) Ice-covered azalea flowers in the heart of Orlando. (WILLIE J. ALLEN JR., Times)
3) wilted flower on the frozen sheet in Palm Harbor. (Douglas R. Clifford, Times)
4) Ice on the fence, which is fenced field in Brandon Farms. (SKIP O'ROURKE, Times)
5) Residents complain sunny Florida that are not used to the cold that hit the state. The last time such a cold snap in Florida observed Jan. 11, 1927. (SKIP O'ROURKE, Times)
6) Orange Grove, located along the road Springs Lake Highway. Farmers growing citrus, preparing for sereznymu damage. According to preliminary estimates, the harvest of oranges and grapefruit in the current year may be reduced by 30%. (Maurice Rivenbark, Times)
7) According to the head of the Association of Central Florida citrus producers Ray Royce, "this situation is not catastrophic," but if the cold will last, it may become one. (Reuters)
8) On Sunday in Miami was recorded a new local record low temperatures: in colder "to zubodrobitelnyh 1, 7 degrees Celsius." (Reuters)
9) Many farmers include sprinklers to protect plants from frost. (Reuters)
10) throughout Florida hastily withdraw harvest oranges. (Reuters)
11) As promised meteorologists, normal weather in Miami will be back by Friday. (Reuters)
12) The average January temperature in the region is about 25 degrees Celsius, the average minimum - about 16 degrees Celsius. (Reuters)
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