Category Crops Alert

Apocalyptic Flooding Ravages Over 2,000 Houses In Kaduna, Nigeria

At least 2,000 houses in some parts of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, have been submerged by flood as a result of a heavy rainfall.   The flood was said to have been caused by an unusual heavy downpour that lasted…

Hailstorm hits pear production very hard in Italy

Hailstorms and high winds appear to have caused considerable damage to pear trees in Italy’s main production areas just as harvesting was about to start in earnest, casting a shadow over the initial months of the season.   With the…

Fierce hailstorms hits La Rioja grape harvest very hard; Mudslide strikes San Asensio, Spain

The village of San Asensio in La Rioja lies buried under a mudslide    Just a couple of days after the grape harvest began in the wine-producing region of La Rioja the area was hit by cataclysmic hailstorms on Monday…

Devastating hailstorm wipes out crops due for harvest in Holland

For a long time, fruit growers in the Netherlands seemed to manage to evade the hail, but last night – right before the harvest – severe weather passed over the country from the southwest to the northeast, with heavy local…

Catastrophic flooding strikes 27 villages in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Farm produce worth over N100 million were destroyed by flood in 27 villages in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, the Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Shehu Chacho, has said.   Chacho disclosed this to newsmen in Wurno…

Severe hailstorm devastates 2,000 ha Kakheti vineyards in Georgia

Hailstorm devastated vineyards in Kakheti (Kvareli Municipality) Over dozen villages of wine-producing Kvareli Municipality, Kakheti province, were hit by a severe hailstorm overnight on Thursday almost totally devastating harvest in the affected territory, damaging houses and vehicles and tearing down…