In 54 years, Alsatians had never seen this. He has not had a single drop on the department since the beginning of May, reports BFM TV. The Bas-Rhin prefecture placed the department on drought orange vigilance on Thursday, June 15. It is therefore recommended to farmers and individuals to limit their use of water, even if no restrictive measure has, for the moment, been pronounced.
The only clearing on the board, the possible thunderstorms expected from June 19. From this Sunday, June 18, the Bas-Rhin and the Haut-Rhin have been placed in yellow vigilance rain and floods. But farmers fear that this is not enough.
This lack of water is catastrophic for farmers. “I’m worried because irrigation has a cost. It costs me work time. We have wind, so I irrigated at night to avoid drift. It has a cost in fuel and energy. The whole question will be to find crops that are adapted to this future climate change, ”explained Fabian Metz, a farmer in the Bas-Rhin, to the continuous news channel.
