France: The north-west of Yvelines and the west of Val-d'Oise affected by a corridor of hail

It's a scenario that brings back very bad memories, a crushing blow on the eve of the harvest. If the intensity and level of damage are out of proportion with June 4, 2022 in Yvelines, hail still considerably hit the western end of Yvelines and Val-d'Oise this time, ravaging in its path. dozens of hectares of rapeseed, wheat, spring barley, flax and to a lesser extent corn, sunflowers or even beets. In the middle of the afternoon on Saturday July 8, a corridor of hail approximately one kilometer wide, arriving from neighboring Eure, fell first near Chauffour-lès-Bonnières, then crossed the north of Lommoye, Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer, Jeufosse, Bennecourt, Gommecourt, before heading towards Val-d'Oise where several other towns were impacted including La Roche-Guyon, Chaussy, Genainville, Charmont, Magny-en-Vexin, Arthieul and as far as Nucourt. "It was around 3 p.m.," says Thomas Brebion, a farmer in Jeufosse (Yvelines). It fell 30 mm in the space of twenty minutes with an episode of ...