Jan 15, 2025 · RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State’s manatee population, still recovering from a mass starvation event several years ago, to seek warmer ...

Jan 15, 2025 · A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee population

Jan 15, 2025 · RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State’s manatee population, still recovering from a mass starvation event several years ago, to seek warmer waters.

Jan 16, 2025 · The first polar vortex swept across the country bringing dangerous snow, ice, and wind to millions of Americans. It also disrupted flights, closed schools, and impacting several major U.S. cities.

Jan 14, 2025 · RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine...

Jan 15, 2025 · But a polar vortex clamped down on most of the United States last week and its cooler-than-average temperatures grazed Florida, making the manatees’ normally warm home uncomfortably chilly. Thus,...

Jan 3, 2025 · Northern Florida and the Panhandle appear set for freezing wind chills in January, as a polar vortex is forecast to push frigid winds across the country.

Jan 15, 2025 · Manatees have been seen huddling in warm water near power plants in Florida amid a polar vortex that has pounded much of the US with ice and snow.

Jan 16, 2025 · The polar vortex is an enormous ring of powerful winds spinning above the North Pole. It normally circles the Arctic and it typically stays contained by a strong jet stream, but when this ring of frigid arctic air becomes unstable as the jet stream weakens, which allows the cold arctic air to spill southward into the lower 48.

Jan 22, 2025 · The extreme cold led manatees, aquatic mammals vulnerable to cold stress, to seek shelter in warm-water outflows from power plants and natural springs. Florida Power & Light Company’s Manatee Lagoon in Riviera Beach has become an essential sanctuary.