Day of valuation of the damages left by the storms of the last hours in Aragon with strong hailstorms. In the region Community of Calatayud the storms were intense from early in the afternoon, although with special intensity in some municipalities. It is the case of, above all, Santa Cruz de Grío, Fuentes de Jiloca or Sediles or Belmonte de Gracián.
In the latter case, the mayor has already announced that he will request the declaration of catastrophic zone before the important damages in the crops of the municipal term.
Yesterday afternoon was a succession of water and more water, lightning, thunder and hail of different calibers. “Much hail and very fat; the size of partridge eggs “, describes Jesús Ruiz, farmer in Fuentes de Jiloca.
The most shocking image, that of de Santa Cruz de Grío. To the feet of the Sierra de Vicort, the whole environment was dyed white, with 10 centimeters thick hail. His Mayor, Raúl Cubero, explains that “it was dry hail, which began to dye all the fields white, leaving the fruit trees – cherry, almond – razed, and between hail and water, about 60 liters would fall in half an hour “.
The storm gave its first blows shortly before 4 in the afternoon in the Perejiles river, in the surroundings of Sediles and Belmonte de Gracián. The President of the Zaragoza Provincial Council, Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero – and Mayor of Tobed – He has visited the towns on this riverbank and the mayor of Belmonte has already asked for support for the declaration of a catastrophic zone.
“The farmers are not going to get anythingThey are not going to pick any plums, no peaches, nothing for cherries, the vines have remained as they were for winter “, has detailed its mayor José Carlos Pérez.
Agriculture in this region, traditionally fruit-bearing, is increasingly complicated, with increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Older people do not remember such episodes, for example, in Santa Cruz de Grío.
Impassable roads
The Agricultural Resources Service technicians from Provincial Council of Zaragoza will begin next week to assess the damage caused by hail, with Millionaires loses in crops of cherry, olive, almond or cereal, among others.
Many roads rural of the municipal terms of Santa Cruz de Grío, Sediles, Belmonte de Gracián or Mara is it so impassable, with accumulations in some places of up to 80 centimeters of hail.
“Has done a lot of damage also in infrastructures and from Monday we are going to start working with three motor graders in El Frasno, Sediles and Santa Cruz de Grío and the technicians will pass to make a more in-depth study, to see what the needs are, “said the President from the provincial institution, Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero, in a visit he has made to various municipalities of the Sierra de Vicort.
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