Who has made life so hard for farmers who depend on the weather?

On June 3 and 4, 32 villages in 5 townships in Li County - Baiguan Township, Qiaotou Township, Shajin Township, Wangba Township and Baihe Town - were hit by hail one after another, lasting 15 minutes, with the largest hailstones 1.2cm in diameter and 16mm of precipitation.

According to preliminary statistics, the hail disaster affected 2,743 households and 9,164 people; crops including wheat, soybeans, codonopsis, rapeseed, corn, rhubarb and potatoes were affected on 1,177.2 hectares (including 277.2 hectares of wheat, 71 hectares of rapeseed, 223 hectares of corn, 183 hectares of potatoes, 133 hectares of codonopsis, 167 hectares of rhubarb and 123 hectares of soybeans); 943.8 hectares suffered serious damage (including 168.8 hectares of wheat, 71 hectares of rapeseed, 140 hectares of corn, 141 hectares of potatoes, 133 hectares of codonopsis, 167 hectares of rhubarb and 123 hectares of soybeans); and 537.7 hectares were completely lost (including 133.7 hectares of wheat, 27 hectares of rapeseed, 39 hectares of corn, 65 hectares of potatoes, 67 hectares of codonopsis, 83 hectares of rhubarb and 123 hectares of soybeans). The direct economic loss was about 13.2868 million yuan (agricultural economic loss).