Lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy are high on the agenda of a meeting convened by the World Meteorological Organization to review the 2012 tropical cyclone season in the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific and prepare for the forthcoming season.

The Hurricane Committee of WMO Regional Association IV (North and Central America and the Caribbean) meets in Curacao 8-12 April to discuss how to strengthen warning services and regional coordination to protect lives and property.

Communiqué de presse N° 971

L'OMM célèbre les 50 ans de la Veille météorologique mondiale

GENÈVE, 21 mars 2013 (OMM): Assurer la veille météorologique pour protéger les personnes et les biens est le thème de la Journée météorologique mondiale qui marque aussi le cinquantième anniversaire de la Veille météorologique mondiale, symbole de la coopération internationale né au plus fort de la guerre froide.

The UNCCD, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in cooperation with the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), on 12 March have jointly launched a project on capacity-building to support national drought management policies. The initiative kicked off on the sidelines of the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policies in Geneva.

Summary

Genève, le 5 novembre 2012 (OMM) – Tandis que l'ouragan Sandy mettait en évidence la puissance des éléments, les gouvernements du monde entier s'accordaient sur une feuille de route détaillée visant à améliorer et développer les services climatologiques requis pour faire face aux phénomènes extrêmes liés au temps, au climat et à l'eau, dont la fréquence et/ou l'intensité devraient s'accroître pour nombre d'entre eux.

Genève, le 29 octobre 2012 (OMS/OMM) – Alors que le climat continue de changer dans le monde, les dangers augmentent pour la santé de l’être humain. L’atlas de la santé et du climat (The Atlas of Health and Climate), publié aujourd’hui conjointement par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé ( OMS) et l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM), illustre certains des défis actuels et émergents les plus pressants.

As a result of unusually good rains and ecological conditions this summer, a second generation of Desert Locust breeding started this month in northeast Mali, in northern and central Niger and in northeastern Chad, according to the Food and Agriculture’s Locust watch. Hatching is likely to commence in the coming days in these countries. Hoppers are expected to be present during September and October, and fledging could start by mid-October, leading to an increase in the number of adults during the second half of October and in November.

Zanzibar/Geneva, 3 September 2012 (ICPAC/WMO) - The Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum has concluded that, in the forthcoming September-December rainy season, most parts of the region are likely to receive near normal to above normal rainfall.

Geneva/Zagreb, Croatia, 30 August 2012 (UNISDR/WMO) – The United Nations, European Commission and national authorities have launched a new project in the Western Balkans and Turkey that will reduce disaster risks and increase resilience to climate change.

The project launch is planned for 30 August in Zagreb, Croatia and it is aimed at high-level participants from disaster management authorities and national meteorological and hydrological services.