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B.C. heat wave 'cooks' fruit crops on the branch in sweltering Okanagan and Fraser valleys

30 Jun 2021

Peachland, British Columbia, Canada

Farmers are trying to salvage their cherry crops following damage from a week of extreme temperatures. Cherry crops in the BC Interior have been burned due to the extreme temperatures brought by the heat wave at the end of June.

CBC / Michelle Gomez

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