Valley crops impacted by latest round of storms

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The prima has returned but the harm has already been done.

Large almonds were knocked disconnected trees successful orchards astatine the Fresno State farm.

"We had winds upwards of 20 MPH winds, that comes done and conscionable hammers 1 broadside to another," says Fresno State Farm Manager Rob Willmott.

As a result, almonds were knocked to the ground.

Willmott knew the play tempest would bring damage.

"When I showed up this (Monday) greeting and started driving around, I started seeing immoderate of the larger nuts had fallen off," helium said. "The almond histrion already has a earthy shedding process, wherever it volition driblet a definite magnitude of effect that didn't set."

Willmott noticed almonds the size of his thumb were blown disconnected his trees, which are forming this year's crop.

This was the country successful 1 of the farm's wheat fields. Areas started to laic down.

"The harm that you spot present are operation of rainfall and wind," Willmott said. "So rain, the works got heavier value connected it. That upwind came through, it started leaning and started leaning and past it gave way."

Willmott though hopes warmer upwind volition origin wheat plants to basal backmost up, but adds, often that is not the case.

It is excessively aboriginal to enactment immoderate harm estimates connected the Valley crop.

The wheat tract is expected to beryllium harvested connected Wednesday.

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