The heat is breaking records, more caution for the weekend

Although extremely high temperatures are not unusual for August, yesterday in Podgorica, in the shade, 40,1 degrees Celsius was measured, which is a record for the last 68 years, says meteorologist Branko Micev

Since Monday, the temperature has been over 40 degrees every day, and such a trend will continue until the middle of next week. That, he says, will be a record for more than four consecutive days warmer than 40 degrees.

Due to the hot days, especially during the weekend and on Monday, the director of the KC Emergency Center, Dr. Nermin Abdić, appealed to citizens to avoid staying and working outdoors during the day, as well as traffic.

But also, he says, that they do not abuse the Emergency Department by coming for chronic diseases, so that doctors can concentrate on emergency cases.

In the center of Podgorica yesterday, the "Vijesti" reporter registered 14 degrees on the thermometer near the Budućnost stadium around 42 p.m.

Two days ago, the Institute for Public Health (IJZ) publicly announced instructions to citizens, as in years past when it is hot, advising them to stay in the shade and avoid direct exposure to the sun, as well as going out during the hottest part of the day, from 10 a.m. to 17 p.m. .

In that interval in the center of Podgorica yesterday, there were mostly those who were in a hurry to get work done, and many were trying to cool off at the public water fountains. Builders, market sellers have not skipped their regular jobs even these days, and neither have the workers who work 24 hours a day on the highway section.

The director of Urgentnog says that yesterday they had no citizens with sunstroke problems, nor did they have a large number of patients in the internal ambulance. "There were more people with injuries they received during construction work, cutting wood, recklessly jumping into the sea or the river," said Abdić.

He appealed to the citizens to respect the recommendations of the Institute for Public Health and Emergency Services, i.e. to stay in the shade and avoid direct exposure to the sun during the hottest part of the day.

According to Branko Micev, the highest air temperatures are expected during the weekend and on Monday, when they will reach 43 degrees. For this reason, the Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro (HMZCG) warned the Directorate for Emergency Situations that the danger of fire will increase.

Micev said that there was a red meteorological alert in Montenegro yesterday.

The people of Beran change the sea with the beaches of Lim, Bjepoljci with Bistrica

In addition to the "thick" shade in one of the cafes, these days Berans seek refuge from the tropical wave, more than usual, on one of the large number of beaches on Lim.

Some people opt for lonely wild beaches, in the city or outside the city, while many of them have the opportunity to use the services of the new city beach, which operates as part of the reconstructed Berane hotel, starting this year.

This beach was planned to be built six decades ago, when the hotel was built, but it was never realized.

For people from Beran who don't have money for sea arrangements or a one-day ticket to the sea, this, as well as other numerous beaches in Lim, replace the sea.

Many residents of this city, apart from cafes and beaches, will look for a good rest and shade at one of the numerous mountain picnic spots, which are becoming more and more lively every year with the opening of numerous ethno-villages.

The people of Bjelopolje generally spend the hottest part of the day at their houses or in one of the gardens in the city center. Some of them go to the river Bistrica or the ethno-village "Vuković" because of the heat.

Mulić ready for fires, "help from abroad arrives relatively quickly"

Management of protection and rescue actions on the ground is exclusively the responsibility of the local protection services, and the role of the Directorate for Emergency Situations (DVS) is to exchange information, monitor the situation on the ground, as well as coordinate with other participants in the protection and rescue system, if it is necessary to include them in the the field.

This was told to "Vijesta" by the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is headed by Mirsad Mulić, recently also the head of the Operational Staff for Protection and Rescue, who was appointed by the Government at the session last week.

On the same day, the Government appointed the Coordination Team for Protection and Rescue, headed by Prime Minister Duško Marković.

During the July wave of fires, eyewitnesses considered the situation on the ground to be problematic, stating that there was no commander of the fire area, no maritime traffic control... The Directorate told "Vijesta" that a very short time had passed since the previous fires, and that the municipal services were protecting the situation could not significantly change - in terms of material and personnel.

"In the coming period, the analysis will show the quality of the response of the participants of the protection and rescue system who put out the recent fires on our coast, and give a comprehensive picture," they said in response to a question about the readiness of the teams for a possible new wave of fires.

In response to the remarks of local services about the quality of equipment, the Directorate said that equipment is the exclusive responsibility of local governments, and that, according to the Report on the State of the Protection and Rescue System for 2016, most of the Protection Services are equipped according to the standard. However, as they add, there are municipalities, especially in the north, which lack both personal and collective protective equipment, but that the Directorate through various European projects has equipped the protection services of Nikšić, Šavnik, Žabljak, Pljevlja and Plužine with personal protective equipment for extinguishing forest fires, as well as the Cetinje Protection Service with personal protective equipment for approaching fires.

When asked whether international aid arrived late during past fires, the Directorate said that practice shows that aid from abroad arrives relatively quickly, usually within 24 to 48 hours. Montenegro, they remind, can count on international assistance through the Civil Protection Mechanism, which includes 34 member states of the mechanism, and NATO.

Yesterday, the fire was smoldering under Obosnik on Luštica, in the area of ​​the Herzegovinian village of Zabrđe. Yesterday, it was also extinguished from the air by two "air tractor" fire fighting planes of the Directorate for Emergency Situations of the MUP.

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