After the hot weather, expected to have impetuous rain and strong earthquakes!

High temperatures, fires and burning of whole hectares with forests even risking and dwellings, is the current emergency in Albania, but not the last. The dryest and hottest summer of the last 80 years in Albania, can be traced back to other dangers, such as floods and earthquakes. The Albanian Institute of Geosciences and Civil Emergencies report on the risk of earthquakes. “The risk of earthquakes increases after a hot summer, first of all, we must bear in mind that the period of earthquake repetition is timely and defined”, this is a gloomy warning of the Civil Emergencies General Director, Shemsi Premci declared today during a communication with journalists. According to him “The massive wildfires that engulfed the entire territory during these summer days may be followed by a series of earthquakes”. According to him “We have to be careful due to the expected situations if we calculate the earthquakes of 1967 (The most powerful earthquake that has fallen in the modern era in Albania) and a period of return once in 50 years, there is a high risk of earthquakes in Elbasan, Tirana, Debar, Shkodra, Korca, etc. We must be prepared because normally there is a risk of earthquakes in 2017 and early 2018, as predicted by Geo-science,” said Premci. At the meeting with the Civil Emergencies in the Tirana Prefecture Prenci said that it is time to take measures for the difficult days. The first land tremors have already started in the Elbasan region have started, mainly in Qukës. Municipalities have to start work on cleaning up collectors and canals, because is expected to have intensive rains in autumn. In the battle with fires, Civil Emergencies said, that not in all cases, there was good and effective cooperation with local government. Stressing also that everything is being done to control the situation, and most important is the salvation of human lives. Regarding the current situation of fires, the head of Civil Emergencies has asked to increase monitoring in forest areas so that the structures are notified from their inception in order to minimize damages and to keep the fire under control more quickly.