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DeSantis Urges People to Stay Home as Florida Breaks Snowfall Record

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[Photo Credit: By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Chip Roy & Ron DeSantis, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=143831762]

A record has been shattered.

The Florida panhandle is in the midst of a winter storm that is expected to be the heaviest in the State’s history. Reports of 5-12 inches have been reported breaking the previous record of 4 inches in 1954.

Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency and is working to restore power and clear roads in the affected areas.

Fox Weather reports:

“I don’t have to tell anybody that we’re not necessarily used to walking in a winter wonderland here in Florida,” DeSantis said during a news briefing at the state’s emergency operations center.

Utility providers across the I-10 corridor were preparing for weather-related outages, which would likely occur if a significant amount of ice fell.

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The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5-12 inches through Tuesday evening.

Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.

Efforts to pretreat roads and prepare for the storm were insufficient according to emergency officials in Florida.

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