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India has been designated as a nodal Center to improve preparedness for flash floods by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

According to Dr. Madhavan Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, it means India will have to develop a customized model that can issue an advance warning of floods in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand.

On the sidelines of the Earth Sciences Foundation Day, Dr. Rajeevan said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) would be working to customize a weather model, developed by the United States and donated to the WMO, to warn of flash floods at least six hours in advance.

The test version is being tried out by the Meteorological Department.

By Sowmya Sangam