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/ 30 June 2005

Florida bans SA clementine oranges because of larvae

Florida agricultural officials temporarily banned South African clementine oranges because moth larvae were found in shipments to the United States. Other citrus-producing states, including California and Arizona, took similar measures after the discovery of live larvae of the false codling moth in a shipment received at California border stations.

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/ 12 August 2004

Day of the double storms

The prospect that a tropical storm and a hurricane — or possibly two hurricanes — could strike Florida on the same day is something meteorologists say they have never seen. ”It’s almost unheard of,” state meteorologist Ben Nelson said. Disaster officials are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley.

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