On October 8, as part of the Zero Injuries Week at Belhydromet, an instructional and methodological session was held with the heads of structural subdivisions . The event, dedicated to occupational safety issues, the conduct of briefings, the organization of internships, and control over working conditions in the workplace, was conducted by employees of the Occupational Safety, Industrial and Fire Safety Sector, Leonid Leonchik and Leonid Minko . Occupational safety, as emphasized during the session, requires the personal active participation of the head of the enterprise and the entire administration. Improving occupational safety does not necessarily mean increasing costs — it is far more important that the administration acts consciously, provides consistent leadership, and creates an atmosphere of trust and open interaction at all levels of the organization. The success or failure of implementing the "zero injuries" strategy will ultimately depend on the commitment of employers and heads of the enterprise, the motivation of personnel, and the vigilance of workers. During the session, the issues of organizing occupational safety briefings were examined in detail. Particular attention was paid to the procedure for conducting introductory, primary, repeated, unscheduled, and targeted briefings, as well as the timing of their conduct and the recording of results in the relevant journals. It was noted that a high-quality briefing is the first and most effective barrier to preventing accidents at work. An equally important aspect was the topic of employee internships. Cases were analyzed in which an internship is mandatory: when hiring for work with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions, when transferring to another job, and also when changing the technological process. The participants of the session received practical recommendations on drafting internship programs and evaluating their results. A separate block of the session was devoted to monitoring working conditions in the workplace. Methods for assessing working conditions, the procedure for conducting periodic inspections and measurements of the levels of harmful production factors were considered. It was emphasized that systematic monitoring makes it possible to promptly identify deviations from regulatory requirements and take measures to eliminate them before a real threat to workers' health arises. Concluding the session, Leonid Leonchik and Leonid Minko reminded the participants that the concept of zero injuries is not just a slogan, but a conscious strategy requiring daily work and personal responsibility from everyone. "We must all strive for zero injuries. To many this will seem impossible, but it is not. And therefore occupational safety must be much more than just occupational safety. Safe work must become the norm and a habit. It must begin with education, family, and society," the speakers emphasized. The instructional and methodological session held became an important step in implementing Belhydromet's policy of creating safe working conditions and forming a safety culture based on the principles of prevention, mutual support, and a conscious attitude of every worker toward their life and health.

On October 8, 2026, the 82nd meeting of the joint board of the Union State Committee on Hydrometeorology and Environmental Pollution Monitoring (Soyuzkomgidromet) was held in Minsk. Before the start of the work, the participants of the meeting laid flowers at the monument on Victory Square . The meeting was opened by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, Maksim Lysenko , the Head of Roshydromet, Igor Shumakov, the Deputy State Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Union State, Ivan Tsetsersky , the Chair of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia on Natural Resources, Ecology and Environmental Protection, Zhanna Chernyavskaya , the Deputy Chair of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Oleg Korzun , the Head of the Department for Cooperation in Emergency Situations of the Executive Committee of the CIS, Sergey Shparlo , and the Rector of BSUIR, Vadim Bogush . The meeting was conducted by the Chair of the Joint Board — the Head of Roshydromet, Igor Shumakov , and the Deputy Chair — the Head of Belhydromet, Siarhei Khilman . The Board considered nine issues covering a wide range of areas of cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology: - satellite data in agrometeorology; - automation of hydrological information processing; - WMO Information System 2.0; - information on the state of atmospheric air; - development of the observation network under climate change; - meteorological data from aircraft; - the AMIS-PELENG system at Gomel airport; - testing of meteorological equipment at test sites; - reviewed the results of the competition for the best technician (engineer) - hydrologist of the Soyuzkomgidromet 2026. It was noted that the decisions of previous meetings of the Joint Board with a deadline for implementation in the second half of 2026 have mainly been implemented. The draft Work Plan of the Joint Board for 2027 was approved. It was proposed to hold the 83rd meeting in the Russian Federation in May-June 2027, and the 84th in the Republic of Belarus in September-November 2027. The Board expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, the staff of Belhydromet and BSUIR for their assistance in preparing and holding the meeting. Photos provided by the BSUIR press center

Autumn weather this year is extremely changeable. Thus, if in the first half of the current week a sunny September with 20-degree marks will look into the Belarusian lands, then already in the second half – a grey and cool October will come into its own. In the next two days (7-8 October) , weather conditions in Belarus will mainly be determined by an area of high atmospheric pressure, so predominantly dry and sunny weather is expected; only on 8 October (Thursday), in places in unstable air, cumulonimbus clouds will develop, from which small short-term rains will fall. At the same time, a cyclone will form over France, which will move towards north-eastern Europe and carry warm air from southern latitudes with it. In this connection, already in the afternoon of 7 October (Wednesday) , in the south and south-west of the republic, thermometers will rise to +20 +22°C . The peak of heat advection will fall on 8 October (Thursday) , when the territory of our country will be in the warm sector of this cyclone and the prevailing daytime temperature background across the republic will be +18 +25°C , only in places in the north and north-east will it be no higher than +15 +18°C . On 9 October (Friday) , the synoptic situation will change: the centre of the Atlantic cyclone will shift to the Baltic Sea, and the territory of Belarus will be under the influence of its cold atmospheric front. As a result, rains of varying intensity will fall in most districts, and with fluctuations in atmospheric pressure the wind will intensify to the criteria of a strong gusty wind. At the same time, following the frontal boundary, a cool air mass will begin to arrive from north-western Europe, which will lead to a decrease in the temperature background, and by the middle of the day it will be no higher than +10 +16°C , in the south-east in places up to +18°C . Subsequently (10-12 October) , the territory of the republic will continue to be in cyclonic circulation, so unstable weather with rains will persist. But despite this, the temperature background will be near the climatic norm, in places even slightly exceeding it. The only thing that remains unchanged is the incredible riot of colours of the golden autumn. When using the information a reference to Belhydromet is obligatory

From October 5 to 9, 2026 , Zero Accident Week will be held at Belhydromet — a set of measures aimed at improving occupational safety, preventing workplace injuries, and strengthening the occupational safety culture within the team: - information about the Week, as well as visual and illustrative materials on safe methods and techniques of work, will be posted on the Belhydromet website, the information stand, and in occupational safety corners; - with the participation of public occupational safety inspectors, monitoring will be carried out to ensure that employees comply with occupational safety legislation at workplaces. Inspections are planned to verify that equipment and production processes meet occupational safety requirements, as well as to monitor the conduct of all types of briefings and the keeping of their registration logs in structural subdivisions; - among the measures are checking the provision of employees with personal protective equipment, washing and neutralizing agents, checking the condition of sanitary and household premises, as well as checking the availability and completeness of first aid kits with monitoring of the expiration dates of medications; - employees will be informed about the state of working conditions and occupational safety at workplaces, existing risks of health damage, the personal protective equipment they are entitled to, and compensation for work under harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions. Occupational Safety Day will be held on October 5 — the first day of the Week. And on October 8, instructor-methodological sessions will be held with heads of structural subdivisions on the procedure for conducting occupational safety briefings, internships, and monitoring of working conditions at workplaces. Constant monitoring of compliance with the requirements of Directive No. 1 — regarding production and technological discipline, local normative legal acts on occupational safety and fire safety, and the prevention of workplace injury cases — will be carried out throughout the entire Week and thereafter. Safety in the workplace is a shared concern. Zero Accident Week is not just formal compliance with requirements, but a conscious step toward creating a sustainable safety culture, where every Belhydromet employee feels protected and confident in the future.

The modernization of the meteorological network of the Mogilev region is reaching a new level. Now weather and climate in the Bykhov district will be monitored by next-generation automation operating 24/7. The grand opening of the automatic weather station brought together district leadership, environmental specialists, emergency responders, and hydrometeorologists. Among the honored guests of the event: - Alexander Kiselev — Chairman of the Bykhov District Executive Committee; - Vyacheslav Sidorenko — Chairman of the Bykhov District Council of Deputies; - Alexander Saksonov — Deputy Chairman of the Bykhov District Executive Committee; - Andrey Sidoruk — Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection; - Nikolay Kostusev — Head of the "Mogilevoblhydromet" Branch; - Alexander Lysukho — Head of the Bykhov District Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations; - Artemy Shadurin — Head of the Bykhov District Inspectorate. The most special and inspired participants of the opening were the children from the environmental class. For the future defenders of nature, the ceremony turned into a truly interactive lesson — the children were the first to see how digital sensors measuring temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed, and precipitation work. The automatic station transmits data instantly. This will help weather forecasters predict dangerous weather phenomena more accurately, while the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the district's agricultural workers will be able to respond more promptly to nature's whims.

On 1 October 1976 , on the south-eastern outskirts of Krichev, a story began that has been written every day without breaks for weekends and holidays. It was then, 500 metres below the confluence of the Khudobychka River, that the hydrological post "Sozh – Krichev" of the Branch "Mogilevoblhydromet" of Belhydromet began its work. For all these 50 years, the specialists of the post have been performing the most important, almost jeweller's work. They literally "listen" to the breathing of the river: - daily measure the water level and temperature; - determine the thickness of ice in the winter period, note the dates of freezing and breaking up of the river. - conduct observations of the flow velocity and other hydrological characteristics. The data of the "Sozh – Krichev" post are not just figures in a journal. On their basis, hydrological forecasts are compiled, storm warnings about hazardous phenomena are issued, and the state of water resources is assessed. For example, when the water level near Krichev drops below the hazardous low mark, Belhydromet informs about difficulties for river transport. And during the spring flood, it is the data from this post that help assess the scale of the water rise and timely warn the interested services. In winter, the post continues to work with the same regularity – ice thickness is measured, shore ice and sludge ice are recorded. In summer, there is another task: to track whether the level will reach critically low values. Over 50 years, different generations of observers have passed through the post. Their names rarely appear in newspapers, but it is their daily work – in rain and frost, in flood and drought – that ensures the continuity of the hydrological series, one of the most valuable assets of the state hydrometeorological service. Every measurement, every record is a link in a chain that stretches from the distant 1976 to the present day and beyond. The "Sozh – Krichev" post is a place where science and nature meet, where every day a specialist goes out to the river to write another page of its biography. Half a century is a solid term. But the Sozh is tireless, and the work of hydrologists continues.

Today, October 1, a delegation of Belhydromet headed by Head Siarhei Khilman visited the II International Industrial Exhibition "INNOPROM. Belarus," which is being held in Minsk from September 30 to October 2, 2026 . The event brought together leading enterprises of the country and foreign partners, demonstrating the latest developments in the fields of mechanical engineering, energy, digitalization and industrial automation. The exhibition serves as a space for exchanging experience and introducing new ideas and technologies, which contributes to the development of the industry and the strengthening of international cooperation. Participation in such a large-scale event is an important opportunity for the institution to stay informed about advanced industrial and technological solutions, as well as to strengthen professional ties. For Belhydromet, whose activities are closely linked to the application of modern technologies in the field of hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring, such platforms are especially valuable: they make it possible to study best practices, identify promising areas for introducing innovations and build effective cooperation. The scale of the event is impressive: more than 20,000 square meters of exhibition space, over 14,000 visitors and a rich business program including more than 20 events . During the visit, Belhydromet specialists familiarized themselves with current developments and discussed with colleagues the possibilities of applying new solutions in the field of environmental and meteorological monitoring. Representatives of the institution noted the high level of organization of the exhibition and the importance of such platforms for the development of cross-industry interaction. The visit to the exhibition contributed to strengthening business contacts and expanding understanding of the capabilities of domestic industry.

October at Belhydromet started in a special way — with care for our native space. Today, October 1 , representatives of our institution united for a common cause: autumn activities for tidying up and beautifying the territory have begun. From the very morning, employees went out to clean up. In a friendly atmosphere, step by step, they put the space around them in order: they collected fallen leaves, tidied up the lawns, tended to the flower beds and improved the adjacent areas. Everyone made their contribution — and the overall picture was transformed literally before our eyes. Such labor campaigns are not just about cleaning up. They are a manifestation of respect for one's place of work, a way to preserve the coziness and neat appearance of the territory, and also an excellent opportunity to feel like part of a close-knit team. We are confident: cleanliness and order are small but important steps toward a comfortable working environment and a careful attitude toward the surrounding space. There are still many tasks ahead for the autumn beautification, and the Belhydromet team is ready for them with the same enthusiasm and responsibility. Join in the good traditions — together we create a space in which it is a pleasure to work and create!

Review of the water regime of rivers in September In the first two decades of September, minor fluctuations in water levels were observed on the rivers of the country; in the third decade, a predominantly rise in water levels was observed on the rivers, caused by precipitation. Unfavorable conditions for the operation of river transport were observed on the navigable sections of the Western Dvina, Neman, Dnieper, Berezina, Sozh and Pripyat . On the tributary of the Neman , the Ross River near the village of Studenets, the water level exceeded the mark of water flowing onto the floodplain. The water content of most rivers is close to normal and somewhat below it; only the water content of the Pripyat remains significantly lower than usual for this time of year. At present, a rise in water levels predominates on the rivers, with an intensity mainly of 1-11 cm per day. Unfavorable conditions for the operation of river transport are observed on the Neman near the city of Grodno, the Dnieper near the city of Mogilev, the city of Zhlobin, the city of Rechitsa and the urban settlement of Loev , t he Berezina near the city of Bobruisk and the city of Svetlogorsk, the Sozh near the city of Krichev, the city of Slavgorod and the city of Gomel, the Pripyat near the village of Chernichi and the city of Mozyr. Forecast information on minimum water levels in October Minimum water levels in October are forecast to be mainly close to and somewhat below the long-term average values for the observation period, while in the lower reaches of the Sozh and on the Pripyat, minimum water levels are expected to be close to and below the lowest values for October. When using the information a reference to Belhydromet is obligatory

After a week of rainy and cool weather caused by turbulent cyclones, a ridge of high pressure from a distant Siberian anticyclone has rushed toward us, which will already today form into an independent baric formation with its center over the territory of our country and will continue to determine synoptic processes until the end of the current week. Therefore, with the support of anticyclone ARNO , Belarusians can expect predominantly dry and sunny weather, corresponding to all the canons of "Indian summer." At the same time, as a result of the influx of moderately warm air masses along the periphery of the anticyclone, the temperature background is forecast to be mainly 1-4°C above the climatic norm. As a result, during the day the rays of the autumn sun, breaking through the branches of trees, will not only turn every leaf into pure gold, but will also cause thermometers to fluctuate between +12°C and +21°C . Moreover, one should not forget that the duration of daylight hours decreases by 4 minutes each day, and following sunset, the air temperature will drop rapidly, decreasing during the night hours from +1°C to +11°C, and on clear and calm nights of October 2-4 (Friday-Sunday), frosts of 0, -2°C are not excluded in certain districts of the republic . Also, due to radiative cooling of the surface during the night and morning hours, there is a high probability of fog. In this regard, gardeners need to take care in advance of harvesting and covering their crops, and drivers should be extremely attentive on the roads, maintaining distance and speed limits. When using the information a reference to Belhydromet is obligatory