In the last hours, a request for reports on the actions of the fight against hail in the southern zone during the storm that occurred days ago was raised in the upper house. It is that the hail cells left large stones and caused serious damage to crops and homes.
During the April 20 storm, hail was present in different parts of the department such as Las Paredes, Capitán Montoya, Rama Caída, City, National Square, Villa 25 de Mayo and Square Benegas, Las Malvinas, Villa Atuel, La Llave, Real del Padre and Monte Comán where the hail had a considerable size.
The phenomenon also directly affected vast productive areas in the southern province. Among the main ones we mention vine plantations and small farms, registering significant losses in them.
Given this situation, we want to know how was the action of the planes in the fight against hail in the face of this climatic event that caused so much damage in San Rafael.
Among the points, it is requested to know the number of airplanes used and flights carried out, the pyrotechnic material used (flares and cartridges) and the number of Nuclei observed and number of Nuclei seeded.
Finally, you want to know about the data of the damages estimated by the climatic contingencies suffered, detailing the percentage of losses, geographical area and damaged crop.
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