However, residents living in those areas were not advised that the typhoon would hit their area and they also were not informed that public storm signal number 2 was raised. With this, severe damage ensued in the said areas. Later that same day, President Benigno Aquino III reprimanded PAGASA for failing to predict that Conson would pass over Manila. As a result, Aquino criticized PAGASA for not warning the residents of Metro Manila about the strong tropical storm that struck the nation's capital. However, according to Dr. Nilo and PAGASA, the agency didn't have adequate equipment to "accurately" predict a movement of a storm and the weather forecasting instruments were too old and needed to be upgraded. See also Pacific typhoon season Amado Pineda Climate of the Philippines Doppler weather radar Nathaniel Cruz Prisco Nilo References External links Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Department of Science and Technology (Philippines) Governmental meteorological agencies in Asia Establishments by Philippine presidential decree