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Philippines: DOST undertakes flood prevention and mitigation project

Source(s): Inquirer.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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The Department of Science and Technology has started groundwork on an ambitious flood monitoring and prevention program that aims to save lives and property by speeding up the delivery of accurate forecast and warning to communities, reports the Inquirer. The National Flood Monitoring Program has been initiated on a directive from President Benigno Aquino III "to step up national efforts toward greater and more intensive disaster risk reduction and management procedures in the wake of Storm Sendong."

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