On Monday the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated twenty counties across California as natural disaster areas, qualifying residents for federal assistance.
The severe rain storms and high winds during 3 June to 6 June, which devastated the sweet cherry crop in Stanislaus and Yuba counties, led the USDA to declare these as primary natural disaster areas. In addition farmers and ranchers in neighboring Alameda, Butte, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Sierra, Sutter, and Tuolumne counties also qualify for assistance.
Meanwhile San Luis Obispo county was declared a natural disaster area as a result of the freezing temperatures on 8 April, which caused large losses to wine grapes. Read more
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