Two high-ranking officials of the Hungarian Meteorological Service - the head of the Service and his deputy - have been fired for inaccurate weather forecasting.

APA reports with reference to AP that the inaccurate forecast given by the Meteorological Service caused the postponement of fireworks on the most important national holiday of the country.

The annual St. Stephen's Day fireworks show along the Danube River in Budapest - billed as Europe's biggest - scheduled for last Saturday was postponed due to forecasts of extreme weather, but the capital was not hit by storms that day.

But the show, which usually attracts more than a million viewers, has already been rescheduled for next week due to security concerns.

Their dismissal was announced by the Minister of Technology and Industry Laszlo Palkovics.

Although the minister did not disclose the reasons for their dismissal, the Meteorological Service has come under severe criticism from government-affiliated media, and it has been claimed that the Service's "grossly erroneous" forecast caused the fireworks to be delayed unnecessarily.

It should be noted that the head of the Meteorological Service, Kornelia Radics, who was released from her post, worked since 2013, and her deputy, Gyula Horvath, worked since 2016.