Hail strips 90% of crop in parts of France's Burgundy wine region PARIS, July 24 (UPI) -- Storms have inflicted severe damage on vineyards in France's winemaking region of Burgundy, an industry official says. Jean-Louis Moissenet, president of the Pommard winemakers' professional association, characterized the losses as "catastrophic," Radio France Internationale reported Wednesday. Up to 90 percent of the grape crop was lost in parts of the region when storms bearing hail moved into the region Tuesday afternoon, he said. Two people were hospitalized with injuries sustained in weather-related accidents. French meteorologists cautioned that more storms could hit eastern and central parts of the country Wednesday. The bad weather could stretch across the country from the Pyrenees Mountains in the southwest to the Alps and further northeast. Winds could be as high as 60 mph, forecasters said.