How to monitor possible flash floods, heavy rains in Eastern Aklan?

KALIBO, Aklan- The province of Aklan since 2008 was one of the provinces in the Philippines that was affected by climate change brought about by the impact of typhoon Frank.

Since then, various strong typhoons have been recorded in Aklan, among them the historic typhoon Yolanda in 2013.

Recently, typhoon Parng was also experienced in the province, which caused massive flooding in many parts of Aklan, especially in the Eastern District.

Unknown to many, prior to the typhoon Pareng an Akeanon in Batan, Aklan had already installed a meteostation or a local weather system that could be used by the Disaster Risk Reduction Management officials especially in the Eastern District.

Raymond Sucgang, a researcher at the Nuclear Analytical Techniques Application Section, head of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI), has installed a weather system in their home. The weather system was made by West Point Engineering Supplies, Incorporated, based in Bulacan.

“The public, especially the DRRMO officials and the local government unit, could access the weather forecasting system online free of charge anytime,” Sucgang told the Boracay Island News Network.

Through the meteostation, the local government unit has now access to real-time data on rainfall and other parameters. “Dapat nakita na agad ang heavy rainfall na yun ng mga concerned and Should have been made the basis of early classes and work suspension,” he added.

Instructions to access meteorological data on Batan, Aklan Step 1. Open your internet browser (e.g. chrome, firefox, Microsoft edge) and type. https://www.fieldclimate.com/ and you will see this web page:

Step 2. Enter the credentials, Username: rjsucgang Password: dostpnri, then click the green arrow to log in. When the page loads, this will show up: It can now access the station data on this website by clicking the station data link with this logo.