Jason Garza as shot for The Texas Tribune
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Texas' citrus farmers have a nickname for a deep freeze that struck in February 2021: the Valentine's Day Massacre.
The Arctic cold front dropped temperatures to as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of the state and dumped snow and freezing rain. The weeklong winter storm couldn't have arrived at a worse time for grapefruit and orange groves in the Rio Grande Valley of Southeast Texas.