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Davao gets weather forecast gear

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A station for weather, flood and farming forecasting will soon rise and serve the constituents in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley in the Davao region.

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration provincial officer Oscar Zabate on Saturday said the new weather monitoring stations will start to serve the two provinces by the first quarter of 2017.

The station will be installed in the two-story building near the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management office inside the government center of Davao del Norte which, Zabate said, is now ready for occupancy.

The new facility is funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Pagasa central office and was established through a usufruct agreement with the provincial government of Davao del Norte.

Zabate pointed out that the weather station project will help achieve and sustain zero casualty when calamities hit the area.

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He said Davao del Norte is prone to flooding during rainy season, which was why the new equipment was set up there.

The station will be headed by Engineer Raul Montilla, who will serve as the station’s officer-in-charge, Zabate added. 

Once operational, he said, the new weather station will complementthe Agricultural Meteorological or AGROMET forecasting system in the Pagasa center at the University of the Southeastern Philippines campus, in Apokon, Tagum City.

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