The strong winds that started on Saturday morning and are expected to last for several days, fall into the category of natural disasters and as such are dangerous enough to cause damage, but in this way they can endanger the lives of citizens. of the country.

This is what the executive director of the Security Policy Research Center (SPRC) and an expert on emergency issues said at the same time, Tahir Ahmeti, who emphasized that the government should think that in a long-term plan it knows how to manage these disasters, either in the allocation of resources or the reduction of these natural disasters.

Ahmeti, in an interview for KosovaPress, said that in more extreme cases, winds can endanger people's lives, either by uprooting trees or electric poles.

"Even these phenomena naturally fall into the category of natural disasters and as such are quite dangerous and can cause great damage. Starting from damage to houses, buildings, then damage to agricultural crops, damage to various objects and in more extreme cases they can cause danger to people's lives, either by uprooting trees, electric poles or even by any object that it can fall from a height and in this way it can also endanger the lives of citizens", stressed Ahmeti.

According to him, the institute as a legal institution is obliged to notify either the institutions or the citizens so that they have increased caution during their movements.

"The Hydrometeorological Institute of Kosovo is obliged, as they did in most cases when there are changes from these hydrometeorological phenomena, to make the appropriate notification so that citizens can be protected from these winds. So, the institute, as a legal institution, is obliged to notify either the institutions or the citizens", emphasized Ahmeti.

Among other things, Ahmeti emphasized that the government should think of a more long-term plan for the management of these disasters.

"Natural disasters are phenomena that occur in every country and as such we cannot prevent them. However, of course the government should think in a long-term plan to know how to manage these disasters, either in the allocation of funds or the reduction of these natural disasters. As for the local institutions, the municipal emergency departments should all review the emergency plan in order to assess the risk, where it may come from, whether from winds or other disasters," said Ahmeti, among other things.

The Electricity Distribution Company in Kosovo (KEDS) has announced that due to the strong winds that hit a significant part of Kosovo yesterday morning, some damage has been caused to the electrical network, such as to conductors and poles electric.

Meanwhile, as reported by KEDS, the most affected regions are Peja, Mitrovica, Prishtina and Ferizaj.