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Tropical cyclones are the most devastating phenomena among all natural disasters, having taken more than half a million lives all over the world in the last 5 decades. India Meteorological Department (IMD) monitors and predicts cyclonic disturbances over North Indian Ocean and provides early warning services for management of cyclones. IMD, New Delhi acts as a Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC) - Tropical Cyclone for the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)/Economic and Social Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Panel Member countries, viz. Pakistan, Oman, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives, and Myanmar. The area of responsibility of RSMC, New Delhi is shown in Fig. 1.
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Tyagi, A., Bandyopadhyay, B.K., Mohapatra, M. (2010). Monitoring and Prediction of Cyclonic Disturbances Over North Indian Ocean by Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre, New Delhi (India): Problems and Prospective. In: Charabi, Y. (eds) Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3109-9_13
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