Category Food Loss Alert

Tasman fruit growers count cost of heavy hailstorm in New Zealand

A sudden heavy hailstorm coated Motueka in white and has come at a terrible time for kiwifruit growers.   A Caltex Motueka employee said the heavy hailstorm started at about 3.15pm on Friday and lasted for “a good 20 minutes”. …

Severe Drought Strikes Tunisia

Religious leaders in Tunisia are calling on people to pray for rain as a severe drought prompts street protests and fears of a “thirst uprising”.   Protesters are demanding action from the government following one of the driest summers on…

Record Rainfall With More Monster Rain On The Way For Australia

THE biggest September rainfall in a century has drowned Victoria while South Australia has copped a monster drenching as wild weather lashes Australia.   A series of cold fronts combined with warmer than average ocean conditions have produced higher than…

Tornadoes And Rainstorms Causes Mayhem In Greece

Tornadoes destroyed homes and farms in the Ilia prefecture while rainstorms caused damages in western Greece and the Ionian islands late Thursday night.   In Ilia, tornadoes tore down houses and destroyed farms, while in some places they were so…

HAILSTORM DEVASTATES VINEYARDS IN PIC SAINT LOUP, FRANCE

Before the storm (Photo: Mas Thélème) After the storm (Photo: Mas Thélème) Mas Thélème, owned by Fabienne and Alain Bruguière, was one of the worst-affected domaines. Established in 2003, Mas Thélème is a 7-hectare estate in the town of Lauret which produces around 20,000 bottles a year.…

Severe Storm Causes Mayhem In Jamestown, North Dakota, USA

Powerful thunderstorms that produced 70-plus mph winds moved through the Jamestown area Thursday morning, damaging trees and knocking out power to more than 1,000 people. Janine Vining, a National Weather Service forecaster in Bismarck, said the weather service had tracked…

Wildfires kill 4 people in Portugal, 1,000 evacuated on Madeira

A general view of Sitio de Curral dos Romeiros during the wildfires at Funchal, Madeira island, Portugal, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/DUARTE SA Wildfires raging in Portugal killed at least four people and more than 1,000 people were evacuated on the…