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fromSun Sentinel
2 weeks ago

'We got lucky': How Florida wildlife died - or survived - in the brutal February freeze

The record-breaking arctic blast that hit Florida earlier this month may have sent humans scurrying for winter coats, but it sent wildlife scurrying, swimming and slithering for their lives. Some of those animals were native, some were invasive. Some survived. Thousands of others did not. The benchmark for cold snaps in Florida is the 2010 freeze, which killed manatees, crocodiles, iguanas, thousands of snook and goliath grouper, and caused 50% to 90% of invasive pythons to die in some areas.
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fromFortune
4 weeks ago

It's so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling out of trees | Fortune

Much of Florida will have below-freezing nights for a few days, with Tampa Bay possibly seeing snowflakes for the first time in over a decade.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Another blast of freezing weather moves into the US south-east

Arctic cold and winter storms will hit the southeastern US, causing freezing temperatures, heavy snow, widespread power outages, and rare flurries in Florida.
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