Wipe the crystal ball

The error of Roshydromet in the forecast of the May hurricane in Moscow has become one of the reasons for its "catastrophic consequences", according to the General Prosecutor's Office. This was reported by "Kommersant" with reference to the official representative of the supervisory authority Alexander Kurenny.

The Prosecutor General’s Office asks the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy to activate the work "to increase the accuracy of predicting the Roshydromete of dangerous natural phenomena, leading to natural disasters," noted Kurennaya.

According to the results of the audit, the Prosecutor General’s Office found that “one of the causes of the catastrophic consequences of the natural disaster was the inaccurate forecast provided by the Central UGMS FSBI, according to which, on May 29 and 30, the winds of winds in the thunderstorm should not exceed 17–22 m/s.” In fact, the wind speed reached 30 m/s.

In addition, the Prosecutor General’s Office recommends that Donskoy strengthen control over the activities of Roshydromet "on the formation of the state network to monitor the state of the environment and its pollution." Today, the state atmospheric monitoring network does not comply with the standards, and in eight regions there are no observation points.

Roshydromet did not agree with the accusations of the Prosecutor General’s Office of inaccurate forecasts, Igor Shumakov, deputy head of the department, told RBC. “The forecast was true,” he said. During the day, Roshydromet will prepare an expanded response to the Prosecutor General.

On May 29, as a result of a hurricane , 11 people died in the capital, five in the Moscow Region . 168 victims turned to Moscow in Moscow , 146 of which were hospitalized. In the suburbs, 34 people got into the hospitals. The condition of some victims was evaluated as serious.

The wind damaged in Moscow more than 30 thousand trees, over 2 thousand cars, roofs of hundreds of buildings. According to preliminary estimates, the amount of damage caused amounted to about 200 million rubles.

Before the hurricane, Muscovites did not receive notifications from the Ministry of Emergencies about the weather deterioration. The department then said that the forecast received from Roshydromet did not imply emergency alert.