Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is preparing for a possible gas shortage in winter. The more than 70-strong crisis team in the state, in which the municipalities were also involved, is working on corresponding plans, Interior Minister Christian level (SPD) reported in the state parliament on Thursday. The topics ranged from the supply of fuel to the communication of civil protection in the event of a power failure to the installation of heating rooms and how a failed gas network should be put back into operation.

Level recommended that the population stock up on emergency supplies. He himself has one. "I also like to invite, without being a prepper, to photograph my pantry, which made my wife smile a year ago," he said. "Even in the event that the supermarket cannot be reached for three days in winter due to too much ice, there is simply a basic supply in our household." However, he had to keep refilling it because his children sometimes took out the cans prematurely.