174 Sector 28 NOIDA, India SECRETARIAT WMO SECRETARIAT Dr.Xu Tang Director Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction Service xtang@wmo.int Anne-Claire Fontan Scientific Officer Tropical Cyclone Programme Division ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (UN-ESCAP) Dr Shamika Sirimanne Director/UN-ESCAP Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division Dr. Sanjay K Srivastava Chief/UN-ESCAP Disaster Risk Reduction Section of the ICT Mr. Sung-Eun KIM Disaster Risk Reduction Section, IDD United Nations ESCAP Bangkok 10200, Thailand
ANNEX 2.I Follow-up action on PTC-42 / Action Sheet Para. No (PTC42 Report) Subject Action required Responsible Remarks 2.2 Global Guide to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting Update of the version WMO (TCP) February 2015 Done 5.1.3 Maldives, -1- RS -2- DMDD / GTS -1-Maldives urges assistance from donors and Panel Members to consider donating equipment to Male station -2-Request IMD for assistance Maldives/IMD 5.3.9 IFRC interest for close collaboration with PTC Exploration of potential area of collaboration PTC-DRR-WG No response received from IFRC. 5.3.10 PTC Secretary participation in the 10th Session of ICG/IOTWS, Muscat, Oman, March 2015 Participation of the PTC Secretariat PTC Secretariat Done 5.6.1 Publications/Panel News improvment: Members Done for the next issues to be done on time Panel request Members to provide contributions in the form of news material to PTC Secretariat through their Panel News Correspondents to further improvement of the Panel News PTC Secretariat request Members to review the current Panel News issue to further improve its quality 5.6.2 Publications/panel News PTC Secretariat request Members to send contributions by 15 March 2015 Members March 2015 Two issues of the Panel Newsletters No. 39 & 40 were issued. PTC Members countries are requested to kindly provide material for
ESCAP/WMO TYPHOON COMMITTEE WMO/ESCAP PANEL ON TROPICAL CYCLONES RA I TROPICAL CYCLONE COMMITTEE FOR THE S.W. INDIAN OCEAN RA IV HURRICANE COMMITTEE RA V TROPICAL CYCLONE COMMITTEE FOR THE S. PACIFIC AND S.E. INDIAN OCEAN (14 Members) CAMBODIA CHINA DEM. PEOPLE'S REP. OF KOREA HONG KONG, CHINA* JAPAN@ LAO PDR MACAO, CHINA* MALAYSIA PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC OF KOREA SINGAPORE THAILAND USA VIET NAM, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF (8 Members) BANGLADESH INDIA@ MALDIVES MYANMAR OMAN PAKISTAN SRI LANKA THAILAND (15 Members) BOTSWANA COMOROS FRANCE@ KENYA LESOTHO MADAGASCAR MALAWI MAURITIUS MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA REP. OF SOUTH AFRICA SEYCHELLES SWAZILAND UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ZIMBABWE (27 Members) ANTIGUA & BARBUDA BAHAMAS BARBADOS BELIZE BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES* CANADA COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CUBA CURAÇAO & SINT MAARTEN * DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EL SALVADOR FRANCE GUATEMALA HAITI HONDURAS JAMAICA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NICARAGUA PANAMA ST. LUCIA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UK USA@ VENEZUELA (19 Members) AUSTRALIA COOK ISLANDS FIJI@ FRENCH POLYNESIA* INDONESIA KIRIBATI MICRONESIA NEW CALEDONIA* NEW ZEALAND NIUE PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS Timor Leste TONGA TUVALU UNITED KINGDOM USA# VANUATU Non-Members of WMO (4): MARSHALL ISLANDS NAURU PALAU @RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center * Member Territory @ RSMC-Tropical Delhi @ RSMC La Réunion - Tropical Cyclone Centre @ RSMC Miami - Hurricane Center @ RSMC Nadi - Tropical Cyclone Centre # RSMC Honolulu - Hurricane Center
management aspects. 4-f To enhance WMO’s fellowship support on tropical cyclone related programmes. - ER-5 (Research) Enhanced capabilities of Members to cope with high impact weather through research. 5-a To produce regional assessment of the impact of climate change on tropical cyclones. To collect data/materials/papers from the Member countries which are relevant to the regional assessment. 5-b To develop storm surge and river flood coupling model over specific river basins for forecasting of coastal inundation. - 5-c To update vulnerability maps for various parameters like wind force/peak storm surge etc., based on latest available database. - ER-6 (Partnership) Enhanced use of forecasts and warnings for tropical cyclones and storm surges for decision making and implementation by Members and partner organizations. 6-a To promote exchange of information and data among Members to enhance regional cooperation in meteorology, hydrology, DRR, training and research. - 6-b To enhance cooperation with other regional bodies, organizations, service providers and sectors for more effective provision of the forecasts and warnings. - 6-c To develop proposals of joint projects in the areas of five components including resource mobilization. - ER-7 (Management and Governance) Effective management and functioning of the Panel. 7.a To improve the coordination and decision making process of the Panel. - 7.b To enhance effectiveness in implementation of CTP and AOPs. - 7.c To ensure effective and collaborative relationships among working groups of Meteorology, Hydrology and DRR. -