The farmers of the Aisne, Marne, Oise and Ardennes deplore “heavy losses” following “exceptional” bad weather in these four departments, always vigilant in raw orange.
In recent days, the Hauts-de-France and Grand-Est regions have been confronted with severe weather - rains, severe thunderstorms, hail - which have resulted in floods and floods and severely affected agricultural crops.
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in progress on the Oise, Aisne and Marne rivers see https://t.co/QUO9PwKj0T
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- Météo-France (@meteofrance) July 21, 2021
In the Oise, the state of natural disaster was recognized for 29 municipalities after the bad weather of the night of June 21 to 22 in Beauvaisis.
In a press release published Wednesday, the FDSEA of Oise underlines "the fear" of farmers before a new flood "the next two days".
"In some plots already under water since June, it will be impossible to harvest this year," she laments, referring in particular to "the catastrophic yield forecasts" for beekeepers.
In the Marne, where rainfall of 150 to 300 mm was recorded, "crops were totally destroyed like peas or lentils, devastated", according to Christophe Songy, director general of the FDSEA of the Marne, who deplores " heavy losses ”“ Pastures have become unusable, and the animals have to go back to stables.
Some areas have trouble mowing, the combines are stuck, ”he added.
In the Ardennes, 45 municipalities have requested recognition of the state of natural disaster, the prefecture said on Wednesday.
Summer flood episode in the #Ardennes: request for recognition of the state of natural disaster for 45 municipalities 👇 pic.twitter.com/a3nK3ijJPj
- Prefect of the Ardennes (@ Prefet08) July 21, 2021
Soissons expects "an atypical flood"
In the Aisne, "the provisional assessment is established at 50,000 hectares impacted or 10% of the agricultural area of the department", according to a press release published by the Young Farmers (JA), the Union of agricultural unions (USAA) and the chamber of agriculture.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Agriculture Julien Denormandie confirmed the opening of a government crisis unit, citing "a very strong impact" and "farmers incredibly affected".
The town of Soissons expects a peak flood of the Aisne with an estimated height of 5.34 m overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, "an atypical flood for the season which could be comparable to that of December 1993. According to the municipality.
