Storms and drought destroy thousands of acres of German forests
28 April 2019 |
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Drought and storms are decimating Germany's forests, causing an estimated €2.5 billion in damage in 2018-2019. Some 160,000 football fields worth of forests will need to be replanted, the government has estimated.
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