There is a severe drought in the south-east of Ukraine
Drought is observed on 25% of the territory of Ukraine; the Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions suffer most from the lack of precipitation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was reported by the head of the agrometeorological department of the Hydrometeorological Center Tatyana Adamenko.
“Drought has affected the south-eastern part of Ukraine. Most of all, it affected the Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions. The rains were very uneven. We can say that severe drought is observed on 25% of Ukraine,” she said.
According to Adamenko, the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center will be able to publish a forecast for changes in the grain harvest in Ukraine before the end of June.
According to the agrometeorological department of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, May in Ukraine passed with a “deficit of precipitation.”
“At the end of May, in many areas of the southern, central and eastern regions, the 0-10 cm layer of soil was dry or almost dry,” the report says.
In the next XNUMX hours, the west and north of Ukraine will be under the influence of an atmospheric front that promises to bring thunderstorms.
Severe drought in southeastern Ukraine