Re: new Dec storm added to 2013 tally
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 2/18/2014, 10:38 pm
I had not heard about the creation of a national hurricane agency in Mexico. Here is that article from Masters' blog translated with Google Translate...



Peña Nieto announces creation of national agency hurricane



Mexico , DF. On the 25th anniversary of the National Water Commission Enrique Peña Nieto announced the creation of a National Agency Hurricanes and Severe Weather , modernization of the National Weather System and the construction of 10 regional centers to monitor the weather.

Established that to changing climatic conditions is necessary to redouble efforts on water issues to ensure the supply and reduce the impact of natural hazards in Mexico .

Therefore, the president stressed that this year Conagua have a budget of around 50 billion pesos, eight billion more than last year , representing a real growth of 16.2 percent.

Of that amount, stated Peña Nieto , resources for irrigation infrastructure doubled , plus thousand 300 million pesos will go to environmental infrastructure and because of the vulnerability faced several cities will be channeled to projects to protect population centers over 6000 500 million pesos , meaning 170 percent higher than in 2013.

In Conagua headquarters in Insurgentes Avenue South City President Peña said that by 2014 is expected to open 21 works of high social impact , including potable water, sewage and wastewater treatment .

He also said that between this and the next year Conagua expected to initiate works of great significance as the Monterrey 6 project to increase the supply of liquid to the capital of Nuevo Leon , another guarantee supply in the Federal District and a dam in Sinaloa, among others.

Soon the national water program is present and water management will be strengthened to increase water security in drought to floods.

By insisting that water is a strategic resource that requires the greatest effort for exploitation Peña Nieto said that this administration will ensure the necessary resources to use to deal with the increasingly severe natural phenomena to climate change .
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