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MANILA – Malacanang on Tuesday highlighted advancements to the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) early warning system as one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s legacies.

Since the start of Duterte’s term in 2016, more monitoring systems for typhoons and floods have been erected or established, according to acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar.

According to Andanar, the DOST now has 17 doppler radar sites as of June 2021, according to DOST statistics.

The DOST only had ten doppler radar stations for tropical cyclone and rain monitoring in June 2016.

As of June 2021, the DOST had 29 high-frequency doppler radars for sea wave monitoring. The DOST had no high-frequency doppler radars in June 2016.

The number of flood forecasting and warning systems at river centers has been risen, from five in June 2016 to 15 in June 2021.

Forecasting and warning systems for floods River monitoring facilities are used to keep track on water levels in river basins.

“Napakahalagang Duterte legacy ito para malakas ang ating climate at disaster resilience (This is an important Duterte legacy to strengthen our climate and disaster resilience),” Andanar said.

Hydrometeorological devices (hydromet) and warning stations are hydrometeorological devices (hydromet) and warning stations established in chosen hazard locations across the country to collect weather risk data for use in real-time disaster mitigation efforts.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported in an 11 a.m. update that cyclone Malakas, which has now been upgraded to a typhoon, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning.

“Malakas,” also known as Typhoon Basyang in the Philippines, has joined Tropical Depression Agaton (Megi) inside the PAR.

The administration has assured the public that “Basyang” and “Agaton” are being continuously monitored, and has urged the people, particularly those in impacted areas, to be cautious.

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