Low-Pressure Area In Bay Of Bengal Intensifies Into Depression, Likely To Become Cyclone On Dec 3

The cyclonic storm is likely to cross the coast between Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Chennai around December 4 evening.

India Meteorological Department has said that the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression on Friday and is likely to become a cyclonic storm around December 4. According to IMD, the storm will cross the coast between Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Chennai around December 4 evening, reported PTI.

"Depression over Bay of Bengal lay centered at 1130 hrs IST of 01 Dec over the Southeast and adj Southwest BoB region about 730 km east-southeast of Puducherry, 740 km east-southeast of Chennai, 860 km southeast of Nellore," the IMD said in a statement.

IMD said the storm is likely to continue to move towards the west and northwest and intensify into a deep depression by December 2 and further into a cyclonic storm around December 3. Then, it would move in the same direction “and cross South Andhra Pradesh and adjoining North Tamil Nadu coast between Chennai and Machilipatnam around the evening of December 4 as a cyclonic storm,” the weatherman added.

However, the storm will have no impact on Odisha, an official at the Special Relief Commissioner’s Office said.