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The outgoing 2012 was the most dangerous year for Russia the number of natural disasters. Negative in the memory of Russians imprint will leave a drought, serial frosts and flooding in Krymsk. Director of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Wilfand stated that the outgoing year turned out to be a record for Russia for anomalies for the whole history of meteorological observations. Roman Villefand, Director of the Hydrometeorological Center Russia: “There were 20% more dangerous meteorological phenomena than the previous year and 10% more than in 2007, which is still was the most difficult from that point of view. “According to Villefand, with from the very beginning of the year, nature didn’t set something, and the whole year natural disasters were on the thumb. Roman Villefand: “Year It began in severe frosts in February, which were not 60 years old. On the Stavropol Territory and in the Krasnodar Territory, air temperature dropped to minus 25 – minus 30 degrees in the complete absence of snow. These were The first prerequisites for crop failure. And then in the summer drought struck which was not 65 years old. The soil is dry. All this led to that the harvest was very small. “However, the most disastrous floods in Krymsk and other settlements in Krasnodar Territory, which became a serious lesson in security during natural disasters, reports “Interfax”. Roman Villefand: “If we talk about the tragedy in Krymsk, then from the point of view of meteorology everything was predicted. Of course, these events are a lesson for us, and for all structures and services that are engaged in providing safety of people in our country. These events gave impetus to the development of natural disaster warning systems. In his queue, and we are developing our warning system danger. “And finally, the abnormal frosts that hit Russia even before the arrival of the calendar winter. In fierce cold columns thermometers in some regions fell to extreme minus 50 degrees.
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