Cold weather hits Mexico

A spell of unusually cold weather in northern Mexico has severely damaged the maize crop in the state of Sinaloa.



Officials estimate the losses could amount to four million tonnes of corn which is 16 per cent of Mexico's annual harvest.

President Felipe Calderon says everything possible must be done to re-sow the fields over the next two weeks.



There are fears the losses could force up the price of the corn tortillas that most Mexicans eat with every meal.