Welcome to PTC
WMO/ESCAP Panel on
Tropical Cyclones was established in response to the request made by a
Meeting of Experts on Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the
Arabian Sea. It was in October, 1970 when these experts from the
countries around the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea were assembled by WMO and ESCAP in Dhaka to consider how to tackle the periodic heavy
losses of life and increasing economic damage brought to the area by
devastating tropical cyclones. During the meeting, it was decided to
create an intergovernmental body and to name it the WMO/ESCAP Panel on
Tropical Cyclones (PTC). The first session of the PTC was held in 1973.
Currently, the Panel
is composed of eight Members; Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar,
Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Panel region covers a vast
expanse of the North Indian Ocean and contains a large and diverse range
of ecosystems, including deserts, forests, rivers, lakes and seas. The
desert extends from Oman into Pakistan and northwest India. This region
includes the highest mountains, the rainiest areas and the driest
deserts, with their associated variation in culture and biodiversity.
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