"Things will now improve, " said L.S. Rathore, director general of the India Meteorological Department.
The India Meteorological Department said the quakes were 6.8 magnitude, 5.7 magnitude and 5.3 magnitude.
"This is typical pre-monsoon weather, " said a senior Pune-based weather official of the state-run India Meteorological Department.
He has also come under fire for switching contracts for the Meteorological Department's purchase of a weather forecasting computer.
In the next three days, temperatures in Amman will drop below freezing, Petra said, citing the Jordan Meteorological Department.
Bangladesh's meteorological department in Dhaka said the storm will hit areas along the coast at Cox's Bazar, the country's main tourist area.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Cyclone Mahasen had weakened and had hit the Sitakunda and Feni regions of Bangladesh, adjoining India's Tripura state.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department estimated Thursday that Sidr would cause a storm surge of 15 to 20 feet above normal tides for some lower coastal areas.
Shafiq Ahmed, an official with Pakistan's meteorological department, told CNN the tremor, which he put at magnitude 7.9, struck inside southern Iran, near the border with Pakistan.
Pakistan's meteorological department chief, Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, said some parts of the country had received the heaviest rain and snow in seven years, the Associated Press news agency reports.
However, the weather department is still carefully monitoring the sea surface temperatures over the Pacific and Indian oceans, said L.S. Rathore, director general of the India Meteorological Department.
The meteorological department has forecast "normal" rainfall this monsoon season.
This system will provide a common platform for all stakeholders of flood management and related activities including Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Indus River System Authority (IRSA), Federal Flood Commission (FFC), Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Indus Water Commissioner (IWC), provincial irrigation departments, and many others.
Cooperating institutions: Environmental Management Authority, Meteorological Office, Institute of Marine Affairs, Forestry Department, Water and Sewerage Authority.
Cooperating institutions: Environmental Management Authority, Meteorological Office, Institute of Marine Affairs, Forestry Department, Water and Sewerage Authority, Ministry of Works, Town and Country Planning Department, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public communities.
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