Rainfall Warning System in Metro Manila The PAGASA Rainfall Warning System (RWS) is in operational mode since its launching on June 20, 2012 but is still open for suggestions to improve it. The initial color coding: YELLOW, GREEN, RED was used based on the color coding scheme of the Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project. Effective today, the code GREEN of the RWS is changed to ORANGE such that the warning levels are now YELLOW, ORANGE and RED. These colors are generally associated with awareness, preparedness and emergency respectively. The color ORANGE was adopted as it is a more appropriate representation of the severity of the situation. This was based on suggestions after our Information Education Campaign (IEC) efforts with the media and discussions with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Department of Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR).
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 05:08:27 +0000
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