CYCLONE WARNING CENTRES IN THE COUNTRY

Ministry of Earth Science

CYCLONE WARNING CENTRES IN THE COUNTRY

There are seven Warning Centers covering the east & west coasts of our country

“IMD has demonstrated its capability to provide early warning for Cyclones with high precision and has earned accolades globally and nationally”--Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Posted On: 15 SEP 2020 6:53PM by PIB Delhi

In order to cater to the needs of Cyclone Warning Services and Marine weather services, there are seven Warning Centers covering the east & west coasts of our country. Among these, three are Area Cyclone Warning Centres (ACWCs) located at Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata and remaining four are Cyclone Warning Centres (CWCs) located at Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar. Area of responsibility of ACWCs and CWCs is shown in the Tablebelow.

Centre	Coastal area*	Maritime State/UT
ACWC Kolkata	State: West Bengal UT: Andaman & Nicobar Islands	State: West Bengal UT: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ACWC Chennai	State: Tamil Nadu UT: Puducherry	State: Tamil Nadu UT: Puducherry
ACWC Mumbai	State: Maharashtra & Goa	State: Maharashtra & Goa
CWC Thiruvananthapuram	State: Kerala & Karnataka UT: Lakshadweep	State: Kerala & Karnataka UT: Lakshadweep
CWC Ahmedabad	State: Gujarat UT: Dadra-Nagar Haveli- Dainan-Diu	State: Gujarat UT: Dadra-Nagar Haveli- Daman-Diu
CWC Visakhapatnam	State: Andhra Pradesh	State: Andhra Pradesh
CWC Bhubaneshwar	State: Odisha	State: Odisha

*Coastal strip of responsibility extends up to 75 km from the coastline.

ForecastandwarningforthehighseaareasofArabianSeaandthatforBayofBengalarethe responsibilities of ACWC Mumbai and ACWC Kolkatarespectively.

There is no plan for establishing more number of CWCs as the requirements of the entirecoastalbeltofthecountryiscoveredbytheexistingcentresasmentionedabove.

India Meteorological Department has demonstrated its capability to provide early warning for Cyclones with high precision and has earned accolades globally and nationally for very effective, state of art early warning system for monitoring and prediction of cyclones. The cyclone forecast accuracy has significantly improved in recent years as has been demonstrated during cyclones Phailin (2013), Hudhud (2014), Vardah (2016), Titli (2018), Fani&Bulbul(2019)andAmphan&Nisarga(2020).Duetothis,inrecentyears,the loss of life has been drastically reduced, being limited to double digit figuresonly.

Further improvements in the observational network and numerical modeling capability are also expected to increase the accuracy of weather forecasts.

Further, the Government of India has initiated the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) with a view to address cyclone risks in the country. The overall objective of the Project is to undertake suitable structural and non-structural measures to mitigate the effects of cyclones in the coastal states and Union Territories of India. National Disaster ManagementAuthority(NDMA)undertheaegisofMinistryofHomeAffairs(MHA)willbe implementing this Project in coordination with participating State Governments and the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). The Project has identified 13 cyclone prone States and UnionTerritories(UTs),withvaryinglevelsofvulnerabilityforimplementationpurpose.

The main objective of the NCRMP is to reduce vulnerability of coastal communities to cyclone and other hydro meteorological hazards through

--improved early warning dissemination systems.

--enhanced capacity of local communities to respond to disasters.

--improved access to emergency shelter, evacuation, and protection against wind storms, flooding and storm surge in high areas.

--strengthening DRM capacity at central, state and local levels in order

enable mainstreaming of risk mitigation measures into the overall development agenda.

This information was given by Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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