A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus headed to South Mecklenburg High on Wednesday morning was involved in a head-on crash with a dump truck and another car that left 17 injured, officials
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French growers feel the pinch as cold snap wrecks crops
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AMPUIS, France, April 14, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Standing on a steep narrow path amid rows of vines, Michael Gerin wonders whether any of this year’s harvest can be salvaged.
The worst spring frost in decades has killed off most of the shoots, and the weather forecast is not promising.
“We should have six bunches of grapes per vine. Now we’re hoping for maybe one,” Gerin told AFP at his 17-hectare property in the heart of the Rhone valley, one of the country’s prime wine-growing regions.
The local Cote-Rotie vineyards, famous for their steep slopes overlooking the river, are looking at losses of around 80 percent after a cold snap swept across Europe following a period of unseasonably warm weather.