The Hungarian government sacks the head of the national weather service and her deputy, two days after a fireworks display to celebrate Hungary's national holiday was delayed for fear of storms.
abc.net.au/news/hungary-sacks-weather-service-chief-over-inaccurate-forecasts/101360958The head of Hungary's national weather service and her deputy have been sacked after a forecast storm — that led to the postponement of a massive fireworks display — did not eventuate.
But the announcement came a day after pro-government media criticised the National Meteorological Service for its forecast of thunderstorms and gusts of wind which prompted the cancellation of the fireworks seven hours before the show was due to begin on Saturday. The pyrotechnics display celebrating a national holiday was set to include about 40,000 fireworks launching from 240 points along 5 kilometres of the Danube River in central Budapest, the BBC reported.
Online newspaper Origo said the agency had given "misleading information about the extent of the bad weather, which misled the operation team responsible for security". The weather service apologised on Sunday, citing "a factor of uncertainty inherent in the profession".In a reaction broadcast on the social network Facebook, former opposition MP Andras Fekete-Gyor joked: "They couldn't produce the desired weather, they were fired.
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