Civil Protection of Sarajevo Canton: Take preventive protection measures due to strong wind and rain

(Patria) - The Civil Protection of Sarajevo Canton has warned all legal and natural persons to take necessary preventive protection measures due to forecast rainfall and strong wind.

"We appeal to legal entities carrying out work on construction sites not to leave objects that could, due to strong wind, fall from building roofs, scaffolding, etc., thereby endangering the safety of passers-by, as well as to fellow citizens not to leave objects on their balconies and other open spaces that could, due to wind, endanger the safety of passers-by, not to park their vehicles near large trees, and to avoid trips and stays in nature during the period of the orange warning," stated the Civil Protection of Sarajevo Canton.

The Civil Protection also appealed to municipal authorities in the Sarajevo Canton area to be immediately on standby and, in accordance with their competencies, to be able to respond.

For today, the Federal Hydrometeorological Institute issued an orange warning due to heavy rainfall in most of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as wind gusts between 50 and 70 km/h.