Hail like snow and strong winds, fruit and vineyards destroyed in the province of Modena
A hailstorm that looked like an unseasonal snowfall accompanied by strong winds: it happened last night in Bomporto, where vineyards and orchards suffered the worst
MODENA – Modena farmers estimate the damage after the hailstorm, with strong wind, which hit the countryside of Bomporto late yesterday evening. The hail, Coldiretti explains in its bulletin, “fell copiously with small diameter grains so much so as to give the illusion of an unseasonal snowfall. The crops of wheat and barley paid the price, which were ‘lugged’ by the wind, but also the orchards and vineyards“, where small fruits and leaves were affected. , withbroken protection nets.
“A hailstorm of this magnitude in the middle of May – say the agricultural association – is an anomalous phenomenon which confirms the oddities of the weather after a start to the year which was the most warm as ever, with a temperature 2.04 degrees higher than the historical average, according to the analysis of Isac Cnr data, which was followed by an April wherethe mercury column collapsed” to winter levels .