RA IV Hurricane Committe, Twenty-sixth session - WMO

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(c) to establish between the national hydrological services, a communication and
hydrological data transfer system during severe meteorological phenomena;
and
(d) to improve hydrological information and data in the hurricane seasonal report.
7.2.3 The WGH will make during 2004, in cooperation with the national hydrological and
meteorological services, a detailed evaluation of the Hydrological Component of the Hurricane
Committee’s Technical Plan. Finally it was noted that the WGH’s representatives confirmed the
importance of the cooperation with the Hurricane Committee.
7.2.4 After considering the information presented by the representatives of the WGH, the
Committee recognized the importance of close coordination between these two bodies and:
1. Invited Member countries to include in their annual reports hydrological
information following the “Guide on the hydrological information contained in
the annual national reports on hurricanes, tropical storms, and perturbations
with associated flooding”;
2. Confirmed the importance of the cooperative work between the WGH and the
Committee;
3. Confirmed the importance of a member of the RA IV WGH to attend the
Committee session; and
4. Expressed its satisfaction at the way the WGH had received the
recommendations of the Hurricane Committee sessions for future activities to
reinforce the working relation of the two bodies and gave its support to these
future activities.
7.2.5 The Committee was briefed on a proposal for an International Flash Flood Workshop
to be coordinated by the US National Weather Service and possibly by WMO. The Committee
supports this important activity and recommends the workshop to be held in the Region.
7.2.6 The Committee discussed the importance of CARIB-HYCOS to the Region and
expressed its disappointment at the slow pace of progress within WMO towards its
implementation. The Committee urged the WGH to strongly support the CARIB-HYCOS project
implementation to the WMO Secretariat.
7.3 Disaster prevention and preparedness component (agenda item 7.3)
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
7.3.1 The Committee was informed that WMO participated in the activities of all the
working groups established under the ISDR framework, including the ad hoc group on drought.
WMO also participated actively in the Second International Conference on Early Warning that
aimed to achieve better integration of early warning into public policy. It also collaborated in the
review of the Yokohama strategy.
7.3.2 Ms Elina Palm of the ISDR Secretariat presented a report on the activities of ISDR.
She also described preparations leading to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction to be
held in Kobe Hyogo Japan in 2005 explaining the objectives, expected outcomes, format and
preparatory process. She encouraged Members to participate actively at the national level.