This paper reviews the topics and recommendations of the tenth WMO Symposium on Education and Training(SYMET-Ⅹ).The theme of the SYMETⅩ is meteorological and hydrological education and training for disaster prevention and mitigation.Three topics,namely,"Preparedness—Prevention and Early warning","Mitigation — Emergency,Relief and Rehabilitation" and "Interdisciplinary training" were intensively discussed.Scientists stressed that the application of the ensemble weather prediction is of crucial importance in the estimation of the risk of the extreme weather and climate events.At the same time,meteorologists and hydrologists must be trained to use probabilistic weather forecasts.The monitoring,prediction and warning of natural disasters in China have been scaled up from simply providing disaster information to the socioeconomic benefit-related disaster service,taking into account both natural and economic factors.The interdisciplinary training which integrates management and meteorology elements may be more effective for the training of meteorologists and hydrologists in risk and crisis management.The recommendations of the SYMET-Ⅹ include the improvement of the capability of the training units in WMO Regional Training Centres(RTCs) and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services(NMHSs),the guidance of the training courses on the risk management of natural disasters mainly by providing training units of disaster prevention and mitigation,and emphasis on the requirement of the NMHSs in the training of the management and communication.