Islanders Requested to Download to Keep Themselves Updated

Port Blair, Dec. 7: Andaman & Nicobar Islands are prone to Geological and Hydro-meteorological disasters. These Islands also falls in cyclogeneses zone and significant number of cyclones gets generated every year in the Andaman Sea. Heavy rainfalls due to monsoon leads to localized flooding also occurs frequently in low lying areas. To provide localised information about such Natural Phenomena various mobile applications have been developed.

MAUSAM, a Mobile App of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is providing seamless and   user-friendly access to weather products available on https://mausam.imd.gov.in/. Users can access observed weather forecasts, radar images and be proactively warned of impending weather events.

Damini Lightning Apps has also been developed by IITM-Pune and ESSO where monitoring of all lightning activity happening specifically in India and alert is generated, if lightning happens nearby through GPS notification under 20KM and 40KM.

All residents of A&N Islands have been requested to download the MAUSAM App and Damini Lightning App from the Google Play Store or IOS and install the same in mobiles to get timely information.