Devastation on a scale never before seenMartin De Ruyter/Stuff Steve Thomas of Thomas Bros talking about the devastation at his family businessThe damage ex-cyclone Gita has caused to the Thomas Bros' orchard and packing shed is the worst they've ever seen. Kiwi fruit manager Steve Thomas said neither he, his father or his uncle had ever seen a storm cause this much destruction to their family business. MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Steve Thomas surveys the damage at his family's orchard in the Dehra Doon Valley near Riwaka. They had been working tirelessly to clean the packing shed of every little bit of mud since yesterday, to get it back up to standards for the start of the packing season on Wednesday. The packing shed took priority, and other areas, including parts of the orchards, would follow later with the entire clean up estimated to take months.

Source: Stuff February 22, 2018 03:51 UTC