A notable example is the Shanghai Multi Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS), which engages relevant authorities at the city level to provide timely response to natural hazards. Because of its success, the Shanghai city government and the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) created an Early Warning Center within the Shanghai Meteorological Service (SMS) to handle many types of warnings, including – but not limited to – hydrological and meteorological phenomena.
To give others the opportunity to learn from the MHEWS model, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the CMA organized a workshop last week in Shanghai entitled “Reducing the Impact of Hydro-Meteorological Hazards.”
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