International Monetary Fund November 7, 2009

International Monetary Fund
IMF member states in green[1]
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., USA
Managing Director	Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Central Bank of
Currency	Special Drawing Rights
ISO 4217 Code	XDR
Base borrowing rate	3.49% for SDRs[2]
Website	www.imf.org

Tropical Cyclone Programme October 30, 2009

Tropical Cyclone Programme

There are six such meteorological centres and five regional Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres utilized for naming of tropical cyclones and the distribution of tropical cycloneadvisories and warnings:

• Southwest Pacific Ocean: RSMC Nadi-Tropical Cyclone Centre – Fiji Meteorological Service (Nadi, Fiji)
• Southwest Indian Ocean: RSMC La Reunion-Tropical Cyclone Centre / Météo France (Réunion island, French Overseas Department)
• Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea: RSMC – Tropical Cyclones New Delhi / India Meteorological Department (New Delhi, India)
• Western North Pacific Ocean and South China Sea – RSMC Tokyo / Japan Meteorological Agency (Tokyo, Japan)
• Central North Pacific Ocean – RSMC Honolulu Central Pacific Hurricane Center (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
• Northeast Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and north Atlantic Ocean – RSMC Miami / National Hurricane Center^[1]