Managing the Tropical Cyclone

Tropical Cyclones are a natural phenomenon that will occur. It is difficult to escape the fury of a tropical cyclone. The only way to protect and lessen the damage is through proper management.

Through early warning system, the approximate date of the landfall of the tropical cyclone can be known and the area can be evacuated to minimize death toll. Different agencies across the globe track the development of cyclone in their respective basins. Some of the important tropical cyclone monitoring agencies are:

1. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, USA forecasts Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific basin east of 140W.
2. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center has responsibilities for the remainder of the Northeast Pacific basin to the dateline.

3. The Northwest Pacific basin is shared in forecasting duties by China, Thailand, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong.
4. The North Indian basin tropical cyclones are forecasted by India (Indian Meteorological Department), Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, and Sri Lanka.
5. Reunion Island, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, and Kenya provide forecasts for the Southwest Indian basin, west of 90 E.
6. Australia and Indonesia forecast tropical cyclone activity in the Southeast Indian/Australian basin.
7. The Australian/Southwest Pacific basin Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and New Zealand forecast tropical cyclones.
8. The US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific, the North Indian, the Southwest Indian, the Southeast Indian/Australian, and the Australian/Southwest Pacific basins, though they are not specifically tasked to do so by the WMO.
9. The US Naval Western Oceanography Center in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu does the same for the Pacific Ocean east of 180E.

The following are the addresses of tropical cyclone centers listed above that are responsible for issuing advisories and/or warnings on tropical cyclones

(source: http://pages.intnet.mu/thomas/bassins.htm)

• Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Warning Center – Mauritius
  Mail: Director of Meteorological Service
  Vacoas
  Mauritius
• Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre – Reunion
  Mail: Director of Meteorological Services
  PO Box 4
  97490 Sainte Clotilde
  Reunion
  Website: http://www.meteo.fr
• Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Warning Center – Madagascar
  Mail: Director of Meteorological Service
  PO Box 1254
  Antananarivo 101
  Madagascar
• National Hurricane Center
  Mail: 11691 SW 17th St.
  Miami, FL 33165-2149
  USA
  Website:: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.htmlAffairs OfficerCentral Pacific Hurricane Center
  Mail: National Weather Service Forecast Office
  University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Department of Meteorology
  2525 Correa Rd. (HIG)
  Honolulu, HI 96822
  USA

  Website:http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/cphc/pages/cphc_homepage.html

• Naval Pacific Meteorological and Oceanographic Center Mail: NPMOC/AJTWC
  Box 113
  Pearl Harbor, HI 96860
  USA
  Website: http://www.npmoc.navy.mil
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center
  Mail: NAVPACMETOCCEN/JTWC
  425 Luapele Rd.
  Pearl Harbor, HI 96860
  USA
  Website: http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/
• Regional Specialized Meteorological Center Tokyo, Japan – Typhoon Center
  Mail: Japanese Meteorological Agency
  1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo
  Japan
  Website: http://se.eorc.nasda.go.jp/GOIN/JMA/
• Hong Kong Observatory
  Mail: 134A Nathan Road
  Kowloon
  Hong Kong
  Website: www.hko.gov.hk
• Bangkok Tropical Cyclone Warning Center – Thailand
  Mail: Director
  Meteorological Department
  4353 Sukumvit Rd.
  Bangkok 10260
  Thailand
• Fiji Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
  Mail: Director
  Fiji Meteorological Services
  Private Mail Bag
  Nadi Airport
  Fiji
• New Zealand Meteorological Service
  Mail: Director
  Met Service
  PO Box 722
  Wellington
  New Zealand
  Website: http://www.metservice.co.nz/index.asp
• Port Moresby Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
  Mail: Director
  National Weather Service
  PO Box 1240
  Boroko, NCD
  Paupa New Guinea
• Brisbane Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
  Mail: Regional Director
  Bureau of Meteorology
  GPO Box 413
  Brisbane 4001
  Australia
  Website: http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld
• Darwin Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
  Mail: Regional Director
  Bureau of Meteorology
  Northern Territory Regional Office
  PO Box 40050, CASUARINA, N.T. 0811
  Australia
  Website: http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt
• Perth Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
  Mail: Regional Director
  Bureau of Meteorology
  GPO Box 6080
  Perth 9001
  Australia
  Website: http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa
• Jakarta, Indonesia
  Mail: Director
  Analysis and Processing Centre
  Jalan Arief Rakhman Hakim 3
  Jakarta
  Indonesia
  Website: http://www.cbn.net.id/commerce/bmg
• Nairobi, Kenya
  Mail: Director of Meteorological Services
  PO Box 30259
  Nairobi
  Kenya
• Maputo, Mozambique
  Mail: Director of Meteorology
  PO Box 256
  Maputo
  Mozambique
• Indian Meteorological Department
  Website: www.imd.gov.in

The following cities are also mentioned as tropical cyclone warning centers:

• Philippines: ManilaChina: Beijing
  Dalian
  Shanghai
  Guangzhou
• Korea:Seoul
• Vietnam: Hanoi
• India:
  New Delhi
  Kolkata
  Mumbai
  Chennai
• Bangladesh: Dhaka
• Burma: Rangoon
• Sri Lanka: Colombo
• Maldive Islands: Male