Deadly floods in northern Italy will ravage fruit production in what is normally one of the country's most bountiful agricultural regions, farm lobby Coldiretti said on Monday.
14 people last week in Emilia-Romagna as torrential rain caused more than 20 rivers to burst their banks, sending water cascading through towns and submerging thousands of acres of particularly fertile farmland.
"We are on our knees," Sergio Tardani, a representative for Coldiretti in the region, told Reuters. He estimated that the damage would total some 1.5 billion euros . The flood also destroyed at least 400 million kg of wheat, Coldiretti said. Thousands of animals have also died in the area, which is normally home to around 250,000 cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.Tardani predicted it would take years for farmers to recover from the disaster, adding that it was still difficult to provide help in some areas, as water and landslides were making it hard to get around.
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