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09-30-2008, 03:00 PM
The Stevens Institute of Technology's Center for Maritime Systems has launched a project aimed at strengthening the Early Warning System (EWS) for Floods in the Dominican Republic. The project is focused on developing the DR's EWS technology and providing the most up-to-date equipment to improve accuracy in detection of hurricanes and preventing flooding. The program is the brainchild of Dr. Harold J. Raveche, President of Stevens, and was drawn up with the help of Dr. Alan Blumberg, Dr. Thomas O. Herrington and Janet Kunhardt. The importance of an EWS in the DR cannot be overstated. Many deaths occur each year due to drowning in the wake of powerful tropical storms and hurricanes in the DR. Proposals for funding have already been sent to USAID and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). According to Blumberg, if this program is successful in the DR it could be replicated in other Caribbean nations. Eileen Parra, a Dominican engineer who is working on the initiative says it could take up to five years for the EWS to be fully operational in the DR.
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