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Soon. how is the weather affecting my pocket book. >> in places like brazil we are seeing flooding. versus a year ago acting like gold in terms of the price hikes. we have for you, the super bowl are 58 will be higher. check out the cost of a pizza price. pizza prices are going up. cheese going up five percent x. beef six percent and wheat prices senpercent and pork senpercent . wheat going up because of the drought in russia and droughts and flooding are causing crop damage around the world and that is causing the food price to go up. remember in the food it is

Florida's seen in 20 years, so a big one for the record books. over $3 million in crop damage, tomatoes bearing the brunt of that, about half of that, $150 million in tomato cost alone. you mentioned 70% of the crop's been wiped out. it's been a brutal, brutal winter not only for floridians specifically, but for the tomato crops. >> yeah is. florida the main supplier of tomatoes for the country? >> greenhouses will supply tomatoes all year long from different parts of the country, but florida is one of the biggest suppliers this time of year. and of course, you've got california as well, but t...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

Open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor jindal here explaining the tough decision to open the spillway he says will protect larger communities without a doubt but for the families rig...