Opening session of the Second Monsoon Forum organized by Maldives Meteorological Services of Ministry of Environment and Energy, Maldives, with support from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) through the project “Reducing risks of tsunamis, storm surges, large waves, and other natural hazards in low elevation coastal zones”. This one day Forum was held at Kulunuvehi Building on 10 April 2014.