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Word: hersbruck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abnormally hot days. Farmers in England, northern France, Belgium, northern Italy and West Germany went months without rain, while their fields dried out and their crops shriveled. "My potatoes that should be fist-sized are as big as my thumb," complained a farmer near the small Bavarian village of Hersbruck. "That's what this cursed weather has done." The drought has also turned what promised to be a record British grain harvest into a disaster, lowering harvest expectations from 17.5 million tons to an anticipated 13.8 million. The grain shortage, in turn, is expected to drive the price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The World's Climate: Unpredictable | 8/9/1976 | See Source »

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