- 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.
- Three are Area Cyclone Warning Centres (ACWCs) located at Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata.
- Four are Cyclone Warning Centres (CWCs) located at Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar.
- Forecast and warning for the high sea areas of Arabian Sea and that for Bay of Bengal are the responsibilities of ACWC Mumbai and ACWC Kolkata respectively.
- India Meteorological Department has demonstrated its capability to provide early warning for Cyclones with high precision.
- 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) and Amphan & Nisarga(2020).
- Due to this,in recent years, the loss of life has been drastically reduced, being limited to double digit figures only.
- Government of India has initiated the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) with a view to address cyclone risks in the country.
- 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 Management Authority (NDMA) under the aegis of
- Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be 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 Union Territories (UTs), with varying levels of vulnerability for implementation purpose.
- 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.
