Ruthless hail strikes, deeply hurting farmers' hearts

[China Net China Window] News (Contributed by: Cai Rongtao) At 11:30 pm on June 4, 2016, severe rainstorms and hail hit Haina Village and Huoshipen Village in Dongshan Town, Xuanwei City, causing severe damage to flue-cured tobacco, corn, potatoes and other crops in many places.

After the disaster occurred, the town's Party committee and government quickly dispatched staff to the scene to go deep into the fields to inspect and relieve the disaster, and reported the disaster situation to the municipal government and relevant departments.

As of June 5, crops in 2 administrative villages and 10 natural villages across the town had suffered disasters of varying degrees, with 2,100 people affected. Among them, in Haina Village, 480 mu of flue-cured tobacco and 230 mu of sun-cured tobacco were affected, with the damage rate to tobacco plants reaching 70%; 800 mu of corn, with the damage rate to seedlings reaching 70%; and 400 mu of potatoes, with the damage rate to seedlings reaching 80%. In Huoshipen Village, 1,000 mu of corn were affected, with the damage rate to seedlings reaching 70%, and 800 mu of potatoes, with the damage rate to seedlings reaching 80%. The direct economic loss reached 1.2 million yuan.