India designated as a nodal centre for preparing flash-flood forecasts to Asian nations by World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has designated India as a nodal centre for preparing flash-flood forecasts to Asian nations including Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. That means the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) will have to develop a customized weather model that can issue advance warning of floods. Using ..

Topics: Emergency management • Flash flood guidance system • Flood • Flood control • Hydrology • India Meteorological Department • Meteorology • Ministry of Earth Sciences • Physical geography • Water

India to develop model to give flash floods warning to Asian nations: WMO

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has designated India as nodal centre for developing customized model to issue advance warning of floods to Asian countries, including Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. The model will be called as Flash Flood Guidance System. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) under Ministry of Earth Sciences will work to customize this weather ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018

Topics: Disaster Management • Flash flood guidance system • Flash Floods • India • National • South Asia • WMO • World Meteorological Organization