{"id":85285,"date":"2023-10-16T17:44:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/?p=85285"},"modified":"2023-10-16T17:46:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:46:20","slug":"climate-when-drought-takes-hold-in-the-mountains-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/climat-quand-la-secheresse-sinstalle-aussi-en-montagne\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate: When drought also sets in in the mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The drought which has been affecting France for several weeks now has also spread to the mountains. With sometimes critical consequences. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the department of Haute-Savoie (74), the flow of some rivers was eight times lower than normal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"related\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/how-tall-is-mont-blanc-now-after-its-two-metre-fall\/\">How tall is Mont Blanc now that it has fallen two metres? <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\"Usually, in our mountain climate, when autumn arrives, the fog and light rain moisten the soil\".<\/em>says Bruno Foret, Chairman of SM3A, the joint association for the development of the Arve and its tributaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tf1.fr\/tf1\/jt-20h\/videos\/chaleur-la-secheresse-sinstalle-meme-en-montagne-27131861.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a TF1 report<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this year, the rainy spells are very short and intense, which means that the water cannot enter the water tables properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haute-Savoie placed on heightened drought alert <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the foot of the mountains, some arboriculturists have been affected by this drought. This is the case for Jean-David Baisamy, co-manager of \"Atout Pomme\", who has seen part of his harvest decimated, with apples falling too early due to the lack of water and therefore unsaleable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"related\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/what-to-do-if-you-come-across-patous-on-your-walks\/\">What should you do if you come across patous on your walks? <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\"<\/em> <em>In almost six weeks, there has only been one and a half days of rain.<\/em>he adds. <em>I've been an arboriculturist since 1992 and this is the first time I've seen September and October so dry\".<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haute-Savoie is still under a heightened drought alert. Residents can no longer water during the day or fill their swimming pools. These restrictions have been in place for almost three months. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La s\u00e9cheresse qui touche la France depuis plusieurs semaines s&rsquo;est \u00e9galement \u00e9tendue jusqu&rsquo;en montagne. Avec des cons\u00e9quences parfois critiques. Dans le d\u00e9partement de la Haute-Savoie (74), certain cours d&rsquo;eau ont vu leur d\u00e9bit \u00eatre huit fois plus faible qu&rsquo;\u00e0 la normale. Combien mesure le mont Blanc d\u00e9sormais apr\u00e8s sa chute de deux m\u00e8tres ? \u00ab<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":85299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-85285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environnement","8":"tag-environnement"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85285"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85301,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85285\/revisions\/85301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}