Citrus crop hit hard in Florida
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While Hurricane Frances was far less damaging than feared, citrus crop damage may set records, Florida officials said Monday, and tourism operators
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VERO BEACH, Fla. - A stubborn, slow-moving Hurricane Frances began a long-dreaded and extended assault on Florida yesterday. Packing winds in excess of 160 km/h, the storm pummelled a large swath of the state&#39;s eastern coastline.
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Hurricane Frances lumbered all the way across the Florida peninsula yesterday, dumping more rain over a much larger area than last month&#39;s Hurricane
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Hiroshi Ueda surveyed hundreds of half-ripe grapefruits littering a grove in the heart of Florida's citrus-growing district.
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EAST MANATEE - One way the struggling Florida citrus industry can get a boost is for the US government to slap a tariff on countries that sell juice below costs, local citrus growers agree.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Marquis Grissom played on a tender ankle, and Noah Lowry pitched with strep throat. Manager Felipe Alou tried to focus on baseball when Hurricane Frances was closing in on his new Florida home.
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Initial estimates of damage caused by hurricane Frances to Florida&#39;s $9.1-billion (US) citrus industry were only starting to trickle in yesterday, but market concerns about heavy
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Torrential rain and devastating winds plunged much of Florida into misery yesterday as Hurricane Frances inched its way across the peninsula.
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This is not exactly a season of joy for shippers of gift-boxed grapefruit and oranges. The three hurricanes that battered Florida's citrus groves over the summer devastated the state's grapefruit and orange crop, causing a sharp rise in wholesale prices for the fruit that is stamped, wrapped and nestled in boxes for the chilly north every Christmas season.
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By Sara Kennedy, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec.
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Hurricane Frances sends commodity prices soaring and depresses insurance stocks as it heads for the Florida coast.
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DUBEDOU, Haiti Sept. 29, 2004 - The corn crop is flattened, rice paddies are washed away. Even the bitter oranges exported to make liqueur have become casualties of Tropical Storm Jeanne, which killed more
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COCOA, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances whipped off  roofs, felled trees and cut power to 1.9 million homes and  businesses in Florida on Sunday as the huge and powerful storm  crawled over the state with ferocious winds and sheets of rain.
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Hurricane Jeanne pelted Florida  with blinding rain and fierce winds on Saturday as it took aim  at a coastal region still scarred from Hurricane Frances three  weeks ago.
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President Bush comforted residents in hurricane-battered Florida for the fifth time in six weeks on Wednesday, delivering sympathy and promises of aid to hard-hit citrus growers in a crucial part of the politically vital state.
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Nat Roberts watched with sympathy as Hurricane Charley blew in from the Gulf Coast three weeks ago and ripped through groves in southwest Florida, causing losses of up to 20 percent for next year's Florida citrus crop. The hurricane spared Roberts' property, safely located across the state on the Atlantic Coast, but his 4,000 acres of grapefruit and orange groves now face a similar danger from Hurricane Frances.
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While Florida's economy will get the biggest jolt from the improbable string of hurricanes this year, consumers around the country may notice the effects in coming weeks and months when they buy a gallon of gas, a carton of orange juice or a bag of peanuts.