Cold wave is sweeping Southwest Florida that has got growers worrying. Seeing a downfall in overnight temperature however, growers are hopeful their crops were not in danger today.

Logan Johnson, a National Weather Service meteorologist, predicted Fort Myers was close to freezing. Lee County was expected to be around 35 degrees for today and Tuesday.

"I'm concerned about the cold weather but I'm not flipping out yet," Alva tomato grower Robert Ritchey said. Talking about a positive aspect of cold Ritchey said insect activity could be controlled due to cold in tomatoes.

Vegetable experts informed that between Lee and Palm Beach counties in southern Florida crops worth than a billion dollars were at stake.

Warnings about parts of Collier County were issued by The National Weather Service. There could be a possible low of 32 in the rural Immokalee area.

Citrus growers in Central Florida and the Panhandle also have reason to worry, said Rod Hemphill, a spokesman for the Florida Farm Bureau, as sustained cold can endanger growth of oranges.

Cold has forced many homeless people look for some warmth at the Salvation Army shelter in Fort Myers.

Reports stated that the weather is the result of a series of cold fronts swirling over South Florida.