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On Feb.29, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) sent the working team of weather modification to guide drought relief of Yunnan Province.

The working team is composed of three experts of Weather Modification Center of CMA and relevant people of Department of Emergency Response, Disaster Mitigation and Public Services. In the next few days, the working team will investigate the drought of Yunnan and use the service system to guide the weather modification.

On February 20, the meteorological service work leading group of CMA held the 1st meeting of 2012 in Beijing. The meeting conveyed the demands of the Central Government as well as arranged the meteorological service of disaster prevention and reduction in 2012. The meeting was presided by Administrator of CMA Zheng Guoguang. Deputy administrators Jiao Meiyan and Yu Xinwen attended this meeting.

Most parts of Yunnan province in Southwest China has seen sunny weather since middle January, which causes quick development of meteorological drought from beginning of February. Through analysis of monitor data in recent three years, meteorological experts said that a consecutive less-than-normal rainfall in last three years and higher-than-normal temperature contribute to current drought.

In 2011, some areas of China, especially urban areas were affected by natural disasters. The flood threatened the safety of more than 130 urban areas above the county level. The results came from the consultation of Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Land and Resources, Ministry of Transport, China Meteorological Administration and other ministries.

Sponsored by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)/WMO Typhoon Committee, the International workshop on tropical cyclone ensemble forecasting had been opened in Nanjing on December 14. The workshop is undertaken by the WMO Regional Training Center, Nanjing China.

Yesterday, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and Heilongjiang provincial government signed a cooperative agreement to jointly promote meteorological service and the construction of meteorological disaster mitigation system.

Dr. Zheng Guoguang, Administrator of CMA, and Mr Wang Xiankui, Governor of Heilongjiang, were presented at the ceremony.

The agreement defined five cooperation aspects:

On Oct.30, Zheng Guoguang, Administrator of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) visited meteorological bureau of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County and Sichuan Meteorological Observatory to make job inspection and instruction. He stressed that Sichuan meteorological departments should enhance “Four Capabilities”(capabilities of forecast, disaster mitigation, climate resources utility and addressing climate change ), meteorological culture for earthquake relief work and do all of efforts to fulfill the requirement of disaster prevention and mitigation.

Some regions of Cambodia have been heavily hit by rainstorm and flood in the past few months. To express the friendly feelings of the Chinese government and people towards Cambodian government and people, the Chinese government decided to provide ￥50 million of emergency humanitarian material aid to help Cambodian government in its relief efforts. The said materials will be shipped soon.

The Central Meteorological Office continues to issue Blue alert for typhoon at 6:00 a.m. on October 3:

At 5:00 a.m. today, Nalgae, the 19th severe tropical storm, centered about 510 km east by south of Sanyan, Hainan province (17.7N, 114.5E) with maximum wind force up to scale 11 (30m/s).

It is forecasted to move west at speed of 10 to 15 km per hour approaching southeastern coast of Hainan. It is forecast to land in the coastal areas from Sanyan to Wanning in Hainan or skim off coast of Sanyan with sustaining or gaining intensity.