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USAID Announces New Tool to Provide Weather Alerts in Central America and Caribbean (click here)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2008 Press Office: 202-712-4320
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator Jacqueline E. Schafer announced the introduction of NextStorm, a new tool for severe weather prediction useful in developing countries. This new tool was created through a partnership including USAID, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC), based in Panama....
