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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Curt Anderson

Drought vs deluge: Florida's unusual rainfall totals either too little or too much on each coast

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In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought.

Counties up and down Florida’s west side are under new water use restrictions, especially in one area where the water table has gotten so low that wells could dry up. Now Florida's wettest season is over until late spring.

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