On World Meteorological Day, 23 March 2007, a Website will be launched that will provide a snapshot of where severe and potentially dangerous weather might occur over the following 48 hours.

The website, www.meteoalarm.eu, has been developed by Eumetnet, the European weather services network, with the support of WMO.  The warnings are provided by the various National Weather Services in Europe.

The Website is easy to understand, using a combination of symbols and colour codes to represent different types and severity of weather events. The service includes a vast amount of weather phenomena such as heavy rainfall with flooding; coastal storm surges and high tides; thunderstorms; extreme heat or cold; snow and avalanches.