Training event
Vacoas
Mauritius
Stakeholders Workshop to Implement a Pilot Project on Impact-Based Forecasting and Risk-Based Warnings
Organizer(s)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Format
In person
Venue
Conference Hall of Gold Crest Hotel, St Jean Road, Quatre Bornes
Date
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This 5 day workshop will work on the planning and design of a pilot project on impact-based forecasting for Mauritius.
Presentation topics include:
- Meteorological and hydrological hazards and their impacts;
- Existing forecasting and warning services;
- Disaster reduction activities
- How stakeholders cope with hazards that affect their day-to-day operations and activities
- Multi-hazard, impact based forecasting and warning services in Mauritius
- Introduction to technologies and modeling for providing objective risk-impact assessments
- Existing risk mapping information
- Existing vulnerability and exposure information for real time or climate-based impact mapping
- Information on locations and activities prone to hazards not already captured in existing databases, including historical reports, which could be used for risk mapping