Overview

• India’s IMD and Pakistan’s PMD report Shakhti has downgraded to a cyclonic storm near 19.6°N, 60.4°E, about 200 km southeast of Oman’s Masirah, and is forecast to weaken into a depression by the morning of October 7.
• Maritime warnings remain in force with high to very rough seas and squally winds over the west‑central and northwest Arabian Sea, and fishermen are advised to avoid deep waters until October 7.
• Gujarat ports have hoisted cautionary signals and advised against sea operations, with rough conditions along the Saurashtra–Kutch coast improving after Monday morning and no heavy‑rain warning for the state.
• The UAE reported local heavy rain and rising sea waves on Sunday, and its National Centre of Meteorology later confirmed the tropical system poses no direct impact to the country.
• IMD issued orange and yellow rain alerts across several Indian states, and at least 23 deaths were reported in West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills following landslides and flooding.