Crisis Management Centre head: residents should equip themselves with generators

At a Cabinet of Ministers crisis management meeting on Monday, officials reviewed the aftermath of last weekend's storm, which left part of Latvia's population without restored power supply and communication connections.

Speaking after the meeting, the head of the Crisis Management Centre (KVC), Arvis Zīle, stressed that municipalities have the best overview of the local situation and therefore bear responsibility for identifying residents who still lack electricity and communications, and for providing them with the necessary assistance.

A call to residents

Zīle also pointed to residents' own responsibility in such situations, urging people to equip themselves with generators so they can cope with power outages during similar natural disasters in the future.

The source material does not provide further details on the extent of damage caused by the storm or the exact number of residents affected, but it confirms that recovery efforts are still ongoing and that state and municipal authorities continue to monitor the situation through the crisis management framework.