"Wow," whose unusual name stemmed from rescuers' reaction upon spotting her, underwent a series of successful surgeries at the Turtle Hospital.

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week.

Animal care experts at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher have been taking care of some new temporary residents that arrived this week.

On Florida’s east coast, offshore Nassau and Volusia counties, an ongoing cold-stunning event has harmed about 120 green sea turtles so far. While that’s far fewer than the hundreds rescued off the Panhandle, it’s the most stressed turtles the state has documented in Northeast Florida, according to the wildlife agency.

Sea Turtle Hospital at UF Whitney Lab cares for green sea turtles in double digits as they wash up on beaches cold-stunned and critically ill.

Ten rescued sea turtles have returned to the ocean waters off Florida after being rehabilitated by the New England Aquarium and Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS), according to aquarium officials.

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.