What is the role of IMD Tropical Cyclone management of north Indian Ocean Rim countries?
A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) has been established at IMD, New Delhi. It is one of the six such centres recognized by the WMO under a global system for monitoring tropical cyclones. As an international commitment, through the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones, tropical cyclone advisories are issued by RSMC, New Delhi to the Panel Member countries during the tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. The other ESCAP Panel countries are Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Oman.