Phailin forecast was 'more or less' accurate: IMD

October 13, 2013 14:17

Despite international agencies predicting Phailin as a 'super cyclone', the Indian Meteorological Department stuck to its stand that its intensity would be modest than the one witnessed by Odisha in 1999, and today it said its forecast was "more or less" accurate.

"Being a national meteorological department we cannot predict the way other agencies do as this will lead to a panic like situation. We stuck to our stand and told the media what we have been saying since the start. Our predictions proved to be more or less accurate," said IMD chief L S Rathore.

Many international agencies including the US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center had termed Phailin as deadly as the super cyclone. IMD had predicted it to be a 'very severe cyclone' and refused to categorise it as a 'super cyclone'.

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