Miami shivers from coldest weather in decade

AFP
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Residents of Miami donned heavy coats and wool mufflers
Monday to face down the coldest weather to hit the usually balmy city
nearly in a decade.

This subtropical city’s fabled beaches, normally
thronging with sun worshippers this time of year, were all but deserted
after temperatures plummeted to around zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees
Fahrenheit).

Homeless people, at risk from prolonged exposure to the cold, took to area shelters for the night on Sunday.

The temperature fell even lower in northern Florida, where Orlando
and surrounding areas registered temperatures of minus six degrees
Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit).

Forecasters said the cold snap — the worst to hit Florida
since January 2001 — could bring even colder temperatures later
in the week.

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