Russian senators decided to deal with meteorologists
The Federation Council today instructed the Committee on Defense and Security and the Committee on Agricultural and Food Policy to understand the situation with the recent hurricane in Moscow and make proposals to improve the work of the Roshydrometcenter and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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This proposal was made by Senator Franz Klintsevich.
“Today there is quite a heated discussion on social networks and the media about events related to past natural disasters in more than 30 regions of our country. There is a dispute between Roshydrometcenter and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Some say that they reported, but did not react correctly, while others say that due to old equipment they could not give a full assessment,” Klintsevich said.
The senator was supported by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko.
“There are many questions left. What is our hydrometeorological center doing, why didn’t it foresee this, why wasn’t prompt information provided? These issues need to be worked out. Find out whether changes are needed at the legislative level. We are not guaranteed that this will not happen again,” Matvienko noted.
A squall, comparable in its consequences to a tornado, passed through the Moscow region on Monday afternoon, leading to significant destruction and casualties. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, 11 people died in the capital and three more in the region. Governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov announced five deaths in the region.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the forecast of Roshydromet about gusts of wind in Moscow on May 29 did not fall under the category of “emergency situation” requiring emergency notification of the population; therefore, only information was provided about a complex of adverse weather conditions through the media, social networks, and regional websites of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and SMS newsletter.
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