(((I suppose I should count myself lucky that this Italian hail didn't fall on anyone I know personally.)))
Link: AGI News On - MALTEMPO: COLDIRETTI.
(((Kick it, Google Translator:)))
MALTEMPO ((("Bad Weather")))
COLDIRETTI FRUIT AND VEGETABLES DESTROYED CHILLING
(AGI) - Rome, May 22 - Apricots, peaches, salad, beans, peas and tomatoes, as well all'uva were destroyed by violent hailstorms that have torn down spots on Italian regions. And 'what the Coldiretti in stressing that the bad weather has caused flooding and damage to agricultural crops, mainly because of the hail that makes at this stage productions irreversible injury.
Among the most 'affected Puglia where in the province of Foggia in San Severo plummeted ten centimeters of hail which destroyed crops and horticultural plants defgliato while in the Marche between Ascoli and the Valley del Tronto, are destroyed in particular vegetables: salad, beans, peas and tomatoes with the loss, in some companies, the entire harvest. ((("Silent Tsunami," you're wanted on line one.)))
The rain was very waiting at the centre south where - stresses the Coldiretti - and 'necessary' for the restoration of water resources for withstanding the summer when the crops will need irrigation. But the weather events, as well as damage due to violence rainfall, not help - concludes the Coldiretti - to solve the problems of drought 'because' the water tends to flow on the ground also causing landslides and landslides. (AGI)
