Italy's current cold snap threatens
fruit that has grown in balmy midwinter conditions recently,
farmers group Coldiretti said Tuesday.
A sharp drop in temperatures as well as widespread snow and
frost is menacing peach, cherry and almond crops that have
bloomed amid the unusually mild winter weather, they said.
Snow and icy rain have moved from the north into central regions
this week, threatening to freeze to death the precocious food
crops.
The cold snap is further evidence of human-caused climate
change, experts said.
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