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Sunday 10 December 2023 Dublin: 10°C
Massachusetts

Shark froze to death as freezing cold continues to grip large sections of the US

Yesterday, Florida saw snow for the first time in 29 years.

A SHARK HAS frozen to death in Cape Cod Massachusetts as the heavy snow and freezing cold continues to grip a large section of the US.

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said the shark was too frozen to attempt a necropsy.

The conservancy said it hauled the shark off the beach and it’s currently thawing and will be dissected later.

They added that the male shark was around 14ft in length.

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Some 24,000 customers in Virginia, 9,000 in Massachusetts, and thousands more in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida faced potential power outages in bitterly cold sub-freezing temperatures.

Yesterday, Florida saw snow for the first time in 29 years.

Roads were closed in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia, where Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in coastal areas.

Temperatures were so low in northern New York that Niagara Falls the giant waterfalls straddling the US-Canadian border froze.

Relief in the form of warmer temperatures was not expected until next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Additional reporting by AFP

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