"Hurricane chasers" visit

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican government has agreed to allow the US planes known as "cazahuracanes" (hurricane chasers) to travel freely in Dominican airspace during hurricane season in order to collect better information about the nature of hurricanes and different meteorological conditions. Preliminary reports indicate that at least 17 tropical depressions will develop during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, of which nine could turn into full-blown hurricanes. Gloria Ceballos of the National Weather Service (ONAMET) says that the measure was passed by President Leonel Fernandez last March and explained that it will reduce the time period for these planes to obtain permission to fly over Dominican airspace. She says that when a storm nears, the protocol will now only be about 30 minutes. The WC-130J was in the DR yesterday, the third time it has visited. Its previous visits to the country took place in 1999 and 2002.

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