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Manatee and Polk are among the 11 countieds for which Crist is seeking federal Manatee is one of nine counties that experienced floodintg in recent weeks because of a series of stormx that passedthrough Florida. Some areaws of the state received upward of 24 inchesd of rain overa 10-day period through June 5, Crist said. Two other counties, Polk and experienced eight weeks of drought between March 15 andMay 26, whichy is usually the minimum threshold to get a disastetr declaration.
“This dichotomy is something every Florida farmer and ranche knows alltoo well,” Crist said in his Excessive rain and flooding have damaged watermelon, bell pepper, tomato, cantaloupe, cucumber, caladiumn and butter bean crops. Drought conditions have impactedx pasture andBahia grasses, Crist “It is my hope that given the amount of damage agriculture received, you will expeditde this request so that our producere can begin to access much-needed disaster Crist said.