Cherry

A relatively brief but violent hail storm Tuesday in the region of Velvedo in Kozani, northern Greece, destroyed an estimated 70 percent of the area's fruit crop, according to local authorities, who said that the destruction has left farmers in despair.

Athanassios Molassiotis, Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, points to an increase in production volumes of Greek cherries as a result of increased plantings in many parts of Northern Greece as well as the delay in the harvest season.

Ice covers fields 20 hours after hail storm

BLACE -- A storm that produced hailstones the size of hazelnuts hit the villages of Kaševar and Trbunje in the Blace municipality late on Sunday.