00:00Just yesterday and day before, I got a request from three Caribbean countries, including
00:12Grenada, for TNTEC to come up to help restore electricity.
00:20TNTEC is at this time liaising with the governments of Grenada, Jamaica and St Vincent, with a
00:25view to travelling to their respective islands to assist in the rehabilitation of their electrical
00:30services.
00:32Minister Gonzalez says once all the necessary information is received as to what manpower
00:37materials and the like are needed, he will be approaching Cabinet for approval to dispatch
00:42teams.
00:43He shared praise for both TNTEC and WASA in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, while dishing
00:48out condemnation for the opposition.
00:52When we got a little hit in Tobago from Hurricane Beryl, in a matter of 24 hours, let's say
01:0336 hours, most of the affected areas that had an impact or disruption in their electricity
01:11and water supply, TNTEC and WASA sprung into service and they restored water and electricity
01:19within the space of 36 hours in Tobago and some parts of Trinidad.
01:25And guess what?
01:27Guess what?
01:29Before 48 hours, I was in Parliament answering questions as to why TNTEC and WASA are taking
01:35so long.
01:36The Minister was speaking at the recommissioning of the Doppler weather radar in Brasov, Venado.
01:40The Met Service had been without the benefit of this key weather prediction tool for the
01:45last few years.
01:46From the refurbishment and the reinstatement of the Doppler radar, you would see the acquisition
01:52of a GOES-16 satellite information system.
01:55How much is it costing?
01:58So if you feel that we are – how much?
02:02If you feel that we are stopping here, it was reported to me this morning that next
02:09month we will be commissioning the GOES-16 system for the Met Office, thereby increasing
02:18their capacity to provide real-time and accurate information to the people of Trinidad and
02:26Tobago and the region where extreme weather is concerned.
02:31The Doppler radar provides weather monitoring within a 400-kilometre radius.
02:36The data collected will be shared with our regional counterparts to assist in the development
02:41of mitigation strategies.
02:44Vanessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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