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Early warning meteorological system operational at Gwadar Port​

Gwadar Pro
Aug 7, 2024

GWADAR - Gwadar Environment Department (GED) operationalized an early warning meteorological system at Gwadar Port in collaboration with China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on August 4th to help analyse and identify potential weather- and climate-related risks and hazards in Gwadar.

“It aims at enabling early actions to save and protect lives, livelihoods and assets of people at risk,” GED official told Gwadar Pro. “In 2022, Balochistan and Gwadar suffered severe flooding, resulting in significant damage to lives, infrastructure, and livelihoods of the affected population. The estimated damage to Balochistan Province amounted to $1.625 billion,” he said.

With the early warning system, Gwadar is better positioned to deal with frequent, extreme, and unpredictable climate-related hazards.

The early warning system is made up of four elements: disaster risk knowledge, detection, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting, warning dissemination and communication, and preparedness and response capabilities. In April, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) handed over equipment to Pakistan, which included a mobile vertical observation system, a Beidou Navigation sounding station and three automatic weather stations (AWS) including two backups and a large screen.

Last year, meteorological officers and experts from China and Pakistan held talks in Beijing on deepening cooperation in meteorological science and technology. Both sides reviewed the cooperation in the field of meteorological science and technology, and consulted on such topics as the early warning supporting system, operational capacity building, and training.