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News from the NOS•yesterday, 22:22
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The head of the Hungarian meteorological support was fired following the weather conditions forecast did not occur correct. The “biggest fireworks screen in the record of Hungary” was to be held on Saturday throughout the nationwide holiday getaway. According to the meteorological services, showers and thunderstorms are on the way. That is why the fireworks exhibit in Budapest was postponed by a week.
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Meteorologists turned out to be absolutely erroneous: there was no poor weather. The head of the meteorological provider and his deputy have been promptly fired currently by the minister of technology and market.
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Blame it on the meteorologists
The day after the fireworks have been suspended, the temperature assistance was criticized by the professional-governing administration media. Meteorologists have been accused of delaying what was supposed to be “Europe’s biggest fireworks screen”.
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The weather provider apologized, but also mentioned that uncertainty often performs a part around time. Dependent on the designs, the the very least probably situation would have come accurate on Saturday. “Regrettably it is portion of our job”, according to the Hungarian KNMI.
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Down to Orban
The postponement of the clearly show was a setback for Key Minister Orbán. Quite a few supporters of the primary minister experienced previously occur to Budapest, partly simply because of the promised small rate of beer. Politicians and organizers were being pressured to postpone the clearly show they feared that only a handful of people would show up due to the announced terrible weather.
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In memory there was also the drama of 2006: when a storm strike the Hungarian funds while 1.5 million men and women viewed the annual fireworks show. This prompted excellent chaos and five persons had been killed, together with from slipping trees.
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