I-Winter Storm Uri, eyaqhuma kuso sonke isifunda sase-Texas, yabangela ukulahlekelwa kwezolimo okungenani okungamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-600, ngokusho kwedatha yokuqala evela osomnotho bezolimo baseTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. I-citrus, imfuyo, izitshalo ze-horticultural ziphakathi kwemikhakha eshayeke kakhulu.
"Inani elikhulu labalimi baseTexas, abalimi kanye nabanye abathintekayo kwezolimo zezohwebo kanye nokukhiqizwa kwezolimo bathinteka kakhulu yi-Winter Storm Uri," kusho uJeff Hyde, Ph.D., umqondisi we-AgriLife Extension, iBryan-College Station. “Amazinga okushisa abandayo neqhwa kwabulala noma kwalimaza izitshalo zabo eziningi nemfuyo kanye nokubangela ubunzima bezimali kanye nezingqinamba zokusebenza. Futhi izindleko ezisele ezivela kule nhlekelele zingahlupha abakhiqizi abaningi eminyakeni ezayo. ”
UJuan Anciso, i-AgriLife Extension horticulturist ozinze e-Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center e-Weslaco, uthe cishe amahektha angama-200 kalamula nama-lime akhiqizwa eSouth Texas acekeleke phansi ngoba lezo zitshalo zazizwela kakhulu isimo sezulu esibandayo kunezinye izinhlobo zamawolintshi.
“Uma labo bakhiqizi bekhetha ukutshala kabusha, kuzothatha iminyaka emithathu kuya kwemihlanu ngaphambi kokuthi lezo zitshalo ezintsha ziqale ukukhiqiza izithelo,” kusho u-Anciso.