After crossing the Florida peninsula and coastal portions of the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Frances struck the Florida panhandle.

热带飓风“弗朗西斯”在越过佛罗里达半岛以及墨西哥湾沿海地区后，袭击了佛罗里达州北部的一个狭长地带。

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The Florida peninsula and the southeastern U. s. on a clear autumn night with moonlight over the water and the sky filled with a billion stars.

晴朗的秋季夜晚，佛罗里达半岛和美国东南部地区轮廓清晰，水面上月光粼粼，大气层内薄雾笼罩。

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Located at the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, Miami is the southernmost major city in the contiguous 48 states. Miami has hot weather year-round, hence the name.

位于佛罗里达半岛南端的迈阿密是美国大陆相互接壤的48个州中最靠南的大城市，一年到头天气都很热，名字便由此而来。

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Around the same time,Key West, off the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula, became the center of the cigar industry.

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The 2004 hurricane season saw four destructive hurricanes making landfall in the United States during a seven-week period in August and September -- three of them crossing the Florida peninsula.

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If the storm does strengthen to hurricane strength and move up the Florida west coast or over the west half of the Florida Peninsula hangering aircraft will be a necessity.

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The long-term forecast track from the hurricane center showed Katrina weakening and crossing the Florida peninsula Friday, then moving out over the Gulf of Mexico and sweeping north toward the hurricane-weary northern Gulf Coast.

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