PALO, Leyte, Feb. 10 (PNA)-- The state weather
bureau here is still waiting for the construction of the station building at
the city’s airport complex after super typhoon Yolanda swept away the office
building in 2013.
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (Pagasa) Tacloban station chief Mario Peñaranda said
the PHP7 million budget for the two-storey building has already been
transferred to the contractor.
The official hopes that construction will kick off
within February and will be completed in five months.
“The building of Tacloban weather station should
start as soon as possible in order for us to efficiently provide weather data,
information, and advisories especially for aviation activities,” Peñaranda told
PNA.
Issuance of weather data for safe air navigation
has been temporarily handled by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
(CAAP) pending the completion of the Pagasa office building inside the airport
complex.
Since they only share a room with the Department of
Science and Technology regional office here, the weather bureau has been
turning down requests for educational tours from various schools in the region.
“There is an allotted space for lectures in our new
office building so activities such as students' visits will resume in our new
building,” Peñaranda added.
Pagasa Tacloban resumed its post-Yolanda daily
operations using old and newly-acquired equipment despite the absence of a
permanent office space.(PNA)
FPV/SQM/Franchette May M. Tolibas (OJT)
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