Spanish floods: persimmons, peppers, oranges float

Perhaps we still remember 2021, when the flood devastated the western part of Germany, mainly in the Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia provinces, in mid-July, killing 185 people. (See: Almost 200 people died in the flood, this was the reason). The current time of judgment and flooding in Spain must have had more devastating consequences than this. So far, 214 confirmed deaths have been documented as a result of the violent windstorm, hail and flooding that mainly affected Valencia. Other, less affected provinces: Almeria, Murcia, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia. These are extremely important areas for agriculture and the supply of Europe as a whole. In Valencia, citrus fruits and persimmons would be harvested at this time, and in Almeria more than 4,500 hectares of foil houses were destroyed by the hail, during this period the storm mainly affected the pepper stocks. Storage facilities, packaging plants and transport do not work in the area either, as the roads are ...