A storm with torrential rain, strong wind gusts, and some occasional small tornadoes hit the province of Huelva and part of Seville between Tuesday and Wednesday, leaving fields flooded and causing structural damage to berry greenhouses.
"The storm has taken a toll, especially in the area between Moguer, Palos de la Frontera, and Mazagón. Mazagón alone recorded around 100 liters of rain per square meter in just one hour," says Rafael Dominguez, manager of Freshuelva. "In Almonte, too, there have been reports of flooded plots."
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"With the exception of raspberries, the areas hit by the storm had no plantations in production, although strawberry planting was about to be completed," says the manager of Freshuelva. "Some farms have been flooded and there has been damage to greenhouse structures, especially to those where the planting had already been carried out and which were being covered with plastic."
In general, the farms that have been damaged and which will need to be replanted, as well as those in areas where the storm prevented the planting, will suffer delays of at least a week in their schedules, according to Rafael Domínguez.
Grower Manuel Alfaro, from the Huelva company El Pilonar and president of Fruta de Andalucía, says that in some places, the excess water is causing the strawberry plants to suffocate, so some plantations will have to be replanted.
"In some areas, the planting would need to be delayed too much, so their production is likely to have been lost. However, despite the fact that some hectares have been flooded and damaged, the rain has also had a positive impact on many other plantations," he says.
© FreshuelvaFor more information:
Freshuelva
Calle Presidente Adolfo Suárez, 1,
21001 Huelva. Spain
Tel.: (+34) 959 248 222
[email protected]
freshuelva.es
El Pilonar
Finca Las Palomeras, Bonares (Huelva).
Tel.: +34 650 376 008 / +34 959 500 725
[email protected]
www.elpilonar.es
