In 34 hours, the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 3,080 requests, which is the highest number of registered incidents since the start of such statistics. This was reported to journalists by VUGD Chief Mārtiņš Baltmanis after a meeting of the Crisis Management Council. The most requests came from Riga and the Riga region — over 1,000 and over 800, respectively. In Latgale, rescuers received nearly 500 calls, in Zemgale — about 400, while in Vidzeme and Kurzeme — less than 200 in each region. Among the major cities, the highest number of calls was registered in Jūrmala, Jelgava, Jēkabpils, and Daugavpils. During the storm, one person died, and three were injured, including two firefighters. Meanwhile, the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD) provided assistance to 14 people who sustained various injuries during the disaster. Most of the registered VUGD incidents were related to the need to clear fallen and broken trees from the roadways. Some calls were due to trees collapsing onto infrastructure or buildings. Baltmanis emphasized that since the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LVĢMC) became aware of the approaching heavy rains and storm, VUGD maintained constant communication with the center and the Ministry of Climate and Energy. Both information exchange and the mobilization of necessary resources were coordinated. Voluntary firefighters, the National Guard, and representatives of the private sector also participated in restoring infrastructure and mitigating the consequences of the storm. As previously reported, on Saturday, August 22, and the following night, Latvia was hit by the strongest summer storm in decades. In some places, wind speeds exceeded 30 meters per second. The bad weather caused extensive damage to distribution and transmission power networks. Initially, about 277,000 customers across Latvia were left without electricity. On Monday morning, power outages were still affecting approximately 87,000 customers. The scale of the storm's consequences was unprecedented for Latvian rescuers: thousands of calls in just a few hours, one dead and injured, fallen trees, and extensive damage to power networks. Despite ongoing recovery efforts, tens of thousands of residents in the country were still without electricity on Monday.
