Bad weather, hail damage in central-southern Italy

Distant spring on agriculture in half of Italy which in the last few hours has had to deal with a new wave of cold, wind and above all hail, in particular between Puglia, Calabria, Campania and Lazio where the crops were most affected by the bad weather flowers and seasonal vegetables. CIA-Italian Farmers in reconnaissance on the territory, fears that at least 10% of the productions have been lost, without prejudice to the plantations in greenhouses or under cover. Therefore, still climatic instability, increasingly frequent in this period of the year, but with stronger and more sudden changes that are bringing the country back to winter temperatures, without a trace, however, of those long-awaited rains between Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna, still dry. Affected vegetables in Lazio In the meantime, according to the first checks by the CIA, yesterday's terrible hailstorm hit fields of carrots and endives close to the capital as far as the sea. In most cases, the worst damage was ...