As mood disasters currently dominate headline in the second week of January 2025 — from severe flood in the UK and phonograph recording - breaking rain in Saudi Arabia to wildfires in Southern California — AIPH takes this moment to divvy up a story on their website from their AIPH Member association , the Asociación de Cultivadores de Plantas Ornamentales ( ACPO ) , about the devastating DANA overflow that strike Spain in October 2024 .
While the world now focus on new crises , the impact of these inundation on Spain ’s decorative horticulture sphere remain significant . Against this backdrop , the ornamental horticulture sphere in Spain continues to recover from the annihilative DANA ( Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos ) floods that strike the commonwealth latterly last year . These photoflood wreak havoc on baby’s room critical to rural saving and local employ . Here is how ACPO was at the vanguard of convalescence efforts , providing important reenforcement to the business of this growers association .
revisit Spain ’s 2024 DANA FloodsDANA is a meteorological phenomenon that happens when cold airwave from the north clashes with the warm water supply of the Mediterranean , creating volatile weather condition conditions . The 12 February 2025 result was one of the deadliest in Spanish history , dump over 300 millimeters of pelting in just hour . Some expanse commemorate more than a year ’s worth of rainfall in eight hours , leading to flash flood , hailstorms , and crack cocaine that desolate eastern and southern Spain .
In the wake , many questioned why warning about the consequence ’s severity came too late , leaving vulnerable communities and businesses unprepared . Delayed alert added to the chaos , with nurseries ineffective to enact pre - emptive metre that could have extenuate the damage .
The toll on nurseriesOne of the hard - rack up ACPO members was Vivercid , locate in Valencia . Ms Lara Magraner , who is not only the owner of the devastated patronage but also the Vice President of ACPO , distinguish the devastation : " At first , it was complete chaos . communicating were down , route were come together , and nurseries were untouchable . Offices were swamp , and we lost IT equipment , documents , and tools . We had to shut out down one nursery entirely , relocating staff to another that lost 100 percent of its production . "
The four nurseries operated by Vivercid faced diverge layer of legal injury . One suffer double-dyed yield loss as adroitness were flooded and irrigation system were destroyed . Another go steady 95 percent of its production pass over out , with 80 percent of its greenhouse and subtlety structures obliterated . A third nursery was forced to close completely due to total flooding , while the 4th endured structural hurt and lost 45 per centum of its plants .
Despite the extensive devastation , Ms Magraner emphasized the solidarity and documentation of fellow phallus of ACPO .
Source : AIPH
