Caribbean Warning System
Almost Ready
Georgetown - An early
warning system to detect
natural hazards in the
Caribbean will enter
into service soon, based
on radars, an official
source said.
The network, to comprise
279.6 miles, will allow
taking preventive
measures in the face of
climatologic phenomena,
including hurricanes.
The radar stations
positioned in Guyana,
Barbados, Belize, and
Trinidad and Tobago,
will inform on the
course and related
issues of hurricanes,
which each year
devastate regional
countries.
The system is been built
at a cost of 16.60
million dollars, said
Tyrone Sutherland,
coordinator of the
Caribbean Meteorological
Organization.
The project is being
currently connected with
a similar system from
the European Space
Agency based in
Martinique, to enable
date retransmissions
through public
satellites, he added. |
