THE ceremony of ‘62nd anniversaries of World Meteorological Day (WMO)’ on 23 March 2022 organized by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH), Ministry of Transport and Communications was celebrated at Nay Pyi Taw as an annual memento.
The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Transport and Communications Admiral Tin Aung San, Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Tin Htut Oo, Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation U Khin Maung Yi, Union Minister for Education Dr Nyunt Pe, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Thet Thet Khine, deputy ministers , heads of departments, departmental officials and guests.
In the opening ceremony, Union Minister for Transport and Communications Admiral Tin Aung San delivered the opening address. The memorial ceremony of World Meteorological Day has been celebrated annually every year of 23 March. The theme of this year 2022 is ‘Early Warning and Early Action. Hydrometeorological and Climate Information for Disaster Risk Reduction’. Now, due to climate change, the weather, extremes of hydrological and climatic events are becoming more prevalent around the world, especially in the archipelago, developing countries are the most affected by climate change. Due to Global Climate Change, Myanmar is also suffering from the effects of climate change. Monsoon onset dates are late and monsoon withdrawal dates are early. So the monsoon duration is short. Previously the duration of the Southwest monsoon was 144 days. Now that the monsoon period is only 121 days, the monsoon period has been reduced by more than three weeks. The current cyclone was the first to hit Myanmar in March during 100 years period due to the current changing climate system.
Next, the message of Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Prof. Petteri Taalas delivered for the 62nd anniversaries of World Meteorological Day was shown by video clip. Afterwards, the Union Minister for Transport and Communications awarded the first prize, the second prize and the third prize to the winners of the article contest commemorated WMO Day. After taking the group photo, the Union Ministers accompanied by guests looked around the exhibition of modernized observation for instruments and record photos of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology’s activities.
In the afternoon, there were presented research papers in relevance with Meteorological, Hydrological and Seismological subjects by resource persons from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology and Partner Departments: Kengtung University (Depart ment of Geography), Yangon University (Department of Geography), Lashio University (Department of Chemistry) and Nay Pyi Taw, Agricultural Research Institute (Yezin).
The World Meteorological Organization was established in 1951. World Meteorological Day has been celebrated since 1961, and 23 March 2022 is the 62nd World Meteorological Day source by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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