Noynoy raps Pagasa after typhoon hit Metro Manila By Aytch S. de la Cruz 07/15/2010

Noynoy raps Pagasa after typhoon hit Metro Manila

By Aytch S. de la Cruz 07/15/2010 President Aquino let rip at the state weather agency Pagasa yesterday for not warning the residents of Manila about a strong typhoon that pummelled the nation’s capital. “This is not acceptable,” Aquino told red-faced weather service officials at an emergency meeting of rescue agencies. “We rely on you to tell us where the potential problems are.” Many of the city’s 12 million residents went to bed late Tuesday having been lulled by forecasters’ bulletins that typhoon “Basyang” would hit the northern provinces instead of Manila. However, the weather service failed to mention that the disturbance had a wide radius of 300 kilometers, meaning that although the eye of the typhoon passed north of Manila, the city still suffered from fierce winds. Much of the capital suffered blackouts shortly before midnight Tuesday that continued into Wednesday morning. Uprooted trees, power pylons and roofing sheets blocked roads early Wednesday. Flights were suspended at Manila airport and schools were closed, even though the typhoon, packing winds of 120 kilometers an hour, blew out to the South China Sea. “All the agencies have adequately met their responsibilities at this point in time but your information is sorely lacking. We have had this problem for quite a long time,” Aquino said..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100715hed2.html

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