How are Cyclone Warnings disseminated ?
• Landline • T/P (Internal) • Telex • Telephone • Telefax • VHF/HFRT (Internal) • Cyclone Warning Dissemination System (CWDS) • Police Wireless • AFTN (Aviation) • Internet (e-mail) • Websites • Radio/TV network • Interactive voice response system (IVRS) • Mobile Phones However, the Telex is being phased out by Department of Telecommunications, Govt. of India. What are the bulletins available in the website? What is the website address ? There are two cyclone related bulletins issued by Cyclone Warning Division, IMD, New Delhi. These are as follows. • Bulletin for Indian coast • Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC) bulletin In, addition, the predicted track of the cyclone based on quasi-Lagrangian model (QLM) run by IMD. All these information/bulletins are available in the Cyclone Page of IMDs Web site (www.imd.gov.in) What is IVRS ? How does it work ? IVRS stands for interactive voice response system. The requests for weather information and forecasts from the general pub