PAGASA launches Japan-funded Cagayan de Oro River flood warning system

MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Philippines – The Philippine weather bureau on Friday, April 4, inaugurated its Cagayan de Oro River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning System, which aims to boost disaster preparedness in the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon.

This new system of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) was funded through a Japan International Cooperation Agency grant of 930 million yen — around P362 million or $6.4 million at current exchange rates.