Hail and heavy rain again devastate agricultural areas in Austria

Published 2021년 7월 15일

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Heavy storms in Austria have caused approximately 3.2 million euros worth of damage to agriculture in Upper and Lower Austria, and Styria. The damage includes grain, maize, grassland, fruit, vegetable crops, glass and foil houses, with the majority of the damage in Upper Austria. Lower Austria reported damage to arable crops and grassland, and Styria reported damage to fields including grain, soy, corn, pumpkin, grassland, fruit and vegetable crops.

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Heavy storms again in Upper and Lower Austria and Styria: "According to initial surveys by the experts from the Austrian hail insurance company, hail and heavy rain in the three federal states caused damage to agriculture amounting to 3.2 million euros," said Mario Winkler, press spokesman for hail insurance, reported yesterday's storm damage. Upper Austria's affected districts were Linz-Land and Urfahr-Umgebung. Grain and maize were damaged on a total area of 8,000 hectares, but also grassland, fruit and vegetable crops as well as glass and foil houses to the amount of 2.1 million euros. Damage to arable crops and grassland in the districts of Amstetten, Gmünd and Zwettl on an area of 1,500 hectares was reported to the hail insurance company in Lower Austria; the total damage here amounts to ...

Source: Bauernzeitung