Storm brewing in Bay of Bengal, likely to intensify into cyclone next week: IMD
Highlight
- Low pressure area over Southwest Indian Ocean
- It is likely to intensify into a cyclone early next week
- Meteorological office advises fishermen not to venture into central parts of south Bay of Bengal
The Met Office said on Wednesday that a low pressure area over the southwest Indian Ocean is expected to intensify into a cyclone early next week.
The India Meteorological Department said that the low pressure area (LPA), which formed on Tuesday, was expected to move east-northeastwards and become a well-marked LPA by Saturday and later move towards Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The group got along and turned into a depression before moving on. , The weather system was expected to further intensify into a cyclonic storm on March 21 and move north-northwestwards by March 22.
Once the system intensifies into a cyclone, it will be named Asani, a name suggested by Sri Lanka. “Thereafter, it will move north-northeastwards and reach Bangladesh and adjoining north Myanmar coast by the morning of March 23,” the Meteorological Department said. The sea condition is very likely to become rough over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea on Thursday and Friday.
The Met Office has advised fishermen not to venture into south Bay of Bengal and adjoining central parts of the equatorial Indian Ocean on Wednesday and into southeast Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea region on Thursday and Friday. It has advised fishermen not to venture into and out of Andaman Sea and Andaman and Nicobar Islands between Saturday and Tuesday. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are likely to experience strong winds on Sunday, gusting to 70-80 kmph with gusting to 90 kmph gusting to 90 kmph next day Chances are.
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