Current availability of late mandarins unaffected by Cape floods
Availability of citrus for South African consumers has been affected by severe flooding in Citrusdal, where harvesting had to be suspended.
According to the South African Weather Service, the area had received 151.9mm of rain over ten days, wrecking the main entrance road into town and flooding orchards.
The local community was quick to organise reconstruction efforts
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