Overview
- The India Meteorological Department projects the low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal will become a cyclonic storm by Monday evening (Nov. 16) and may intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the days after.
- Fishermen and coastal communities have been advised to return to shore and avoid going to sea because strong winds are expected over parts of the Bay of Bengal through Nov. 18.
- The Indian Coast Guard has placed ships, aircraft and disaster response teams on high alert and kept assets ready for immediate deployment along the east coast.
- The IMD has not identified a likely landfall location or a detailed trajectory, leaving the size and coastal targets of any impact uncertain and prompting states such as Odisha to prepare for possible heavy rain and disruption.
- Officials say the next IMD bulletins will be decisive for warnings and evacuation planning as forecasts also show heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal later in the week.