Today, the Associated Press says the main sources of water for the region, the Po and Dora Baltea rivers, are seeing levels that are eight times lower than they should be. "From the river Po, we were supposed to receive a flow rate of 160,000 liters (42,270 gallons) per second, while we currently have an approximate flow rate between 30,000 and 60,000 liters (7,925 to 15,850 gallons) per second," says Stefano Bondesa, who is president of a regional irrigation association.
While The Washington Post says Italy's main agriculture group is expecting to see a 30% drop in harvests, even this appears to be an optimistic assessment. According to France24, One farmer stated his income had dropped by at least 80% to 90% as drought decimate the rice crops which were meant to be flourishing in flooded paddy fields by this time, and said, "At this time of year, the plants would be up to my knees and the rice field would be flooded. Here, they're tiny, because the water needed to irrigate them has never arrived." Another farmer told the Associated Press, "Normally this field is supposed to be flooded with 2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2 inches) of water, but now it seems to be on a sandy beach."
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