With the latest wave of bad weather, damage in the fields, including crops and infrastructure, rises to more than 6 billion euros, with 2023 becoming the black year for Italian agriculture. This is what emerges from Coldiretti's assessment of the first cyclone of autumn amid cloudbursts, hailstorms and tornadoes that have hit in spots in cities and in the countryside with roofs blown off, trees knocked down, crops destroyed, greenhouses torn down, flooding, landslides and mudslides. Since the beginning of the year, the Peninsula has been hit by an average of more than 10 extreme events per day based on ESWD (European Severe Weather Database) data, which caused wheat production to drop by 10 percent, cherries by 60 percent and pears by 63 percent, while the honey crop dropped by 70 percent compared to last year. Declines were also reported for tomatoes and the grape harvest (down 12 percent).