New radar system being installed

Barbados is in a much better position to give the public early warning about impending hazards.

It comes with the installation of a new radar system.

Officials from the Met Office are currently in the final stages of preparing the radar and are expected to be completed by month-end or early next month.

Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams, toured the new radar station with Director of the Barbados Meteorological Services, Sabu Best.

Mr. Abrahams says the new system gives Barbados a level of independence and the ability to be reassured the information being received is accurate.

Meanwhile, Mr. Best explained that the old radar dome and its electrical and mechanical components were dismantled at the end of January, and the new one installed.

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