THE GREENHOUSES OF LAS TABLADAS REGISTERED 48.9ºC.

“As if it were a blowtorch”. This is how several domestic and export market farmers defined the situation experienced throughout the day on Thursday from the beginning of the morning.. Tasartico reached over 40ºC at 02:00 a.m and the wind gusts reached 65 Kms/h.

Much of the harvest has been destroyed, seasonal fruit “achicharrada” and the fruit trees, despite the intense risks, they couldn't raise their glasses. The scourge of the gusts of wind in the early hours of Thursday, together with the low humidity, managed to heat up the atmosphere. At dawn the wind decreased, But much of the damage had already been done..

However, The worst came at noon when temperatures exceeded 43ºC in the La Aldea valley.. At night the Tasarte and Tasartico neighborhoods had reached 40ºC and the La Aldea valley recorded, at noon on Thursday, peaks between 44ºC and 46.5ºC. The thermometers in the greenhouses reached spectacular maximums such as the 48.9ºC recorded at 15:23 hours.

The battered state of the crops ended up succumbing to these temperatures and isolated gusts of warm wind that caused considerable damage to various infrastructures..

And summer had not arrived yet.. But in a single day he managed to add two months of the coup.

The amount of damage caused by the hottest day in memory since the summer of 2007, but both technical, as farmers and administration, They estimate that they will be high.

What is a reality is the loss of practically all domestic market crops and seasonal fruit.. “The prickly pears have looked as if they had been taken out of the oven and the figs have completely charred.”, commented Aurelia Sánchez, lamenting the loss of vegetables, avocados and mangoes.

There is great concern among export tomato farmers, especially in those farms that have been planting since the beginning of the month.. In a few days the condition of the plants and the effect of the stress produced by the heat wave will be known..