A sheen of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill is nearing the white sand beaches of north- west Florida, officials say.

美国官员称，一层墨西哥湾海地钻井漏油正逼近佛罗里达州西北部海岸。

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Rotonda west, in southwest Florida between Sarasota and Fort Myers, is a planned community with more than 5, 000 homes.

西罗通达位于萨拉·索塔和迈尔斯堡之间的佛罗里达西南部，是计划拥有超过5000个家庭的社区。

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Ava is the scabby-kneed runt of the Bigtree “tribe”, a family of alligator wrestlers that has long managed a gator-themed park in south-west Florida.

中的核心人物。 阿瓦是一个膝盖有结痂的矮子，属于大树“部落，”这个家族的成员是同短吻鳄搏斗的摔跤手，他们一直都在福罗里达州的西南部经营一家以鳄鱼为主题的公园。

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They include the Florida panther, the American crocodile and the West Indian manatee.

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And it threatens the west coast of Florida.

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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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Brother George was governor for a time of West Florida and in 1778 a peace commissioner to the United States.

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This was demonstrated by a recent project run by the University of South Florida, in which a glider successfully mapped the locations of red grouper and toadfish populations on the West Florida Shelf from the noises the fish made.

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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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