

“World Meteorological Organization (WMO) initiated a Severe Weather Forecasting Programme (SWFP) for the subregion of Southeastern Asia-Oceania through a technical planning meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 10–14 February. As an enabler for Early Warnings for All, SWFP has already been scaled up and implemented in nine subregions of the world and has now been expanded to two new subregions: Central America (in 2024) and Southeastern Asia-Oceania (in 2025). “