Storm Wipes Out Bananas
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From Reuters
BRISBANE, Australia — About one-third of Australia’s annual banana output was wiped out when Cyclone Winifred swept through northern Queensland over the weekend, a government spokesman said Thursday. He said 20,000 tons of bananas worth $21 million were destroyed.
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