Meteorology is becoming an important area of study for government civil protection agencies, particularly in Veracruz, State Civil Protection Secretary Noemí Guzmán Lagunes said on Monday.
Guzmán’s comments were made during the inauguration of the 22nd Mexican Meteorology Conference and the Seventh International Meteorology Conference in Boca del Río, Veracruz.
These conferences, she said, highlight Mexico’s commitment to be a globally responsible actor while also allowing it to learn about international practices on monitoring and predicting extreme weather conditions, as well as the institutional and social coordination of early alert systems.
Prevention and opportune emergency response have always been an imperative in hurricane-prone Veracruz, Guzmán went on to say, and the Civil Protection Agency’s priority is always to save lives.
“In the Veracruz Disaster Mitigation Strategy, the early alert system is a key element to saving lives,” she added. “We have created our own state early alert system, the Gray Alert, and we have trained government authorities and communities to understand the alert levels and act in a timely manner.”
Guzmán said that these conferences will allow experts from countries like the United States, England, Cuba, Ecuador and Brazil to share experiences on meteorological problems and evaluate the lessons learned over the past year, to make the country’s alert and early response systems more effective.
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