AMMAN
— The
Ministry of Local Administration, in cooperation with the Jordan
Municipal Support Program funded by the
US Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched a special training week for participating municipalities
within the Weather Early Warning Program Project.
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Since
the beginning of this week, the training has covered municipalities in the
Kingdom's northern and central governorates and will continue until the end of
the current week to complete related activities for Jordan's southern
municipalities, according to a
ministry statement, the Jordan News Agency,
Petra reported.
Regarding
its goals, the program aims to reduce risks from weather emergencies to protect
citizens' lives and public and private property. It also aims to decrease the
costs of daily warning operations ahead of
weather conditions, enabling the
implementation of precautionary measures, primarily checking flood channels,
valleys, culverts, and hotspots, and removing obstacles.
The
program is a result of the ministry’s endeavor to create an early warning and
adaptation system to
climate change, responding quickly to natural disasters by
integrating risk monitoring and warning-based responses, as stated in the
ministry's announcement.
During
the launching ceremony, Dr. Nidal Abu Orabi Adwan, the ministry's
Secretary-General for Administrative and Financial Affairs, emphasized the
importance of training the ministry's workers on the weather early warning
system. This training contributes to managing
flash flood risks and mitigating
their impacts before reaching residential areas.
Dr.
Adwan noted that the ministry has developed a plan for crisis and emergency
management, referring to its main emergency room and 126 other rooms in
Jordan's municipalities and joint services councils. This system is considered
an integrated approach to preventing and dealing with floods and emergencies.
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