Floods damage crops in northern France

"The equivalent of 6 months of rain fell in just 30 days," according to producers of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The northern region of France has been coping with record-high water levels and historic flooding for several days. During a visit to the area (on red alert), Emmanuel Macron announced that 244 municipalities (214 in the Pas-de-Calais department and 30 in the Nord) had been declared in natural disasters. © Marc Fesneau Twitter French Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau told FranceInfo on Wednesday that approximately 100 farms have been affected by the floods "to varying degrees. It is still difficult to fully assess what has been destroyed. [...] We will have to wait for the water to recede in order to get a fuller picture of the extent of the damage." 5 a.m. news - "The winter harvest is lost": in the Pas-de-Calais, producers in distress because of the floods https://t.co/8jv12utVKJ — RTL France (@RTLFrance) November 15th, 2023 © France 3 Endives: "A week behind schedule, ...