Florida citrus escapes cold snap

Florida's citrus industry was spared from any serious damage on Tuesday night as a cold snap gripped much of the US.

According to reports in the country, Fort Lauderdale recorded its lowest temperature on record for 7 December, dropping to 40^oF Tuesday morning. The old record was 42^oF, set in1841.

'We came through last night in pretty good shape,' Andrew Meadows, aspokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual, told CNN. 'We had some reports of mid-20s scattered across the citrus belt but it wasn't for any duration.'

However, more near record-low temperatures are expected for much of the Florida region over the next 24 hours, CNN reported.