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Millions of dollars worth of Victorian crops destroyed in ‘absolutely terrifying’ freak storm

Millions of dollars worth of horticultural crops have been destroyed at a number of properties in northern Victoria, when a freak hailstorm ripped through towns along the Murray River.
Key points:
- Farmers are counting the high cost of a massive storm that hit on New Year’s Day
- Many homes have been damaged by hail and flash flooding as storms sweep across the state
- A mixed cropping farmer in south-west Victoria says he was hit with 80 millimetres of rain and hail in two hours
Nangiloc farmer Glen Goldup said his entire fruit and vegetable crop had been damaged or destroyed, as oranges ripped off trees and pumpkins split.
Mr Goldup is now counting the cost of the damage and starting the recovery process.
He said his family watched the storm…
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