Photo Gallery The 7th meeting of Working Group on Meteorology (WGM 7) of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee

To minimize typhoon disasters in the Asia-Pacific region, international cooperation is vitally important. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Typhoon Committee is the platform where all stakeholders from meteorology, hydrology, disaster risk reduction, and research meet and work together.

On 30 October 2024, Dr. Duan Yihong, Secretary of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Secretariat, visited to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to attend the seventh meeting of Working Group on Meteorology (WGM-7) of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, and met with Mr. MORI Takashi, the Director-General of JMA.

Dr. Duan expressed appreciation for long running contribution of JMA as WMO's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for tropical cyclones (RSMC Tokyo) to support Typhoon Committee's Members in operational typhoon monitoring and forecasts, and other cooperation in various range of activities of the Typhoon Committee.

WGM-7 was held at the Headquarters of JMA, from 30 to 31 October 2024. More than 20 experts from the region attended this meeting in person and on line. Participants shared their knowledge and efforts, and then discussed the current and future activities of this Working Group.