Although the rain in Podgorica practically did not stop from Saturday until this afternoon, the average rainfall for this time of year has not yet been reached.
"Since the beginning of this month, a little more than a hundred liters of water sediment has fallen in Podgorica until this moment, in Cetinje about 300, but it is not that unusual. December brings an average of over 200 liters of water sediment to Podgorica, there were years when 400 liters fell, in Cetinje the record year brought more than 1,100 liters, and the average is over 500 liters, or close to 500 liters," said meteorologist Dušan Pavićević.
The amount so far is therefore not worrying.
"They would be if it continued to rain at this pace or with this intensity for the next five, ten, etc. days, if in the meantime there was enough snow in the north, and the temperatures rose, the snow started to melt, and then we would have a situation as we had in 2010 when we had floods in a good part of Montenegro, but now that situation does not seem alarming", said Pavićević.
Floods were recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia this autumn, and in the meantime, soaked clothes are a risk that the citizens of Podgorica must accept when going outside.
And although there are no objective circumstances for flooding for now, a few days of rain is enough for the streets of Podgorica to be under water.
According to the forecast, the rain will stop falling tomorrow. However, the dry weather will not last long enough for the puddles on the asphalt to disappear.
"On Thursday, there will be a new wave of heavy rain, somewhat less likely on Friday, but then from Saturday, Sunday, when it will possibly be in traces, and then the next week will be mostly dry," Pavićević said.
Citizens and authorities will wait for a week without rain, so that dry weather, at least for a short time, will mask the perennial problem of flooded streets.
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