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“It will be a very different situation here. That part of the harvest that is harvested before the rains, everything will be fine with it. Now we will face losses and worse quality,” I. Hofmanas said to Elta news agency.
“There are maybe 50% of winter crops. removed However, you may not aim for it. In Lithuania, the situation is not the same, the conditions are different in the south and north of the country, so it is possible that in some regions only 40% of the crops have been harvested. The summer crops have not yet been harvested, so they will be severely damaged. Those who haven’t harvested the rapeseed, they can really see the losses,” he commented.
In her turn, the director of the Lithuanian Vegetable Growers Association (LDAA), Indrė Lukoševičienė, says that in order to assess the damage caused by the storm, it is necessary to wait for its end.
She mentioned that such storms affect farmers differently, so it is still difficult to say what the impact of strong wind and rain is.
“Storms work differently. They affect some farmers more, others less,” I. Lukoševičienė mentioned to “Eltai”.
Will seek declaration of emergency
According to the chairman of ŽŪT, the farmers will try to apply to the Government for the declaration of an emergency situation. In this case, he explains, farmers would be released from part of their obligations, which they do not know if they will be able to fulfill now.
“On obligations to the agency, on obligations to companies, on the execution of contracts. An emergency situation would be declared, then other clauses of the contracts would be activated, which exempt certain farmers from their responsibilities,” he commented.
Farmers are provided with the opportunity to avoid sanctions if obligations cannot be fulfilled on time due to natural factors beyond the farmer’s control.
“Elta” reminds that, since Sunday evening, strong winds and heavy rain have been raging in Lithuania, and firefighters have been going all over the country to remove fallen trees. Most reports were received from Alytus County, Marijampolė, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Tauragė and Vilnius counties.
At that time, the energy distribution operator ESO announced early in the morning that more than 160,000 people had no electricity due to the natural disaster. users.
Victims are inevitable. As reported by PAGD representative Vida Šmigelskienė, a woman was fatally injured by a tree blown over by the wind in Grigiškės on Monday.
The Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service announces that on Monday it will rain in many districts, and in many places in Eastern Lithuania it will rain heavily. Thunderstorms are possible in some places. Wind northwest, west, 16-21, in some places 22-27 m/s. Highest temperature 16-21 degrees.
2024-07-29 21:53:16