Cyclone likely over Bay of Bengal by October 23

“A cyclonic storm is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal by October 23,” the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday (October 20, 2024).

“An upper air cyclonic circulation over the Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours,” the IMD said in a special bulletin.

“The weather system is expected to move in the west-northwestwards direction and intensify into a depression by October 22 morning, and into a cyclonic storm by October 23 over eastcentral Bay of Bengal,” it said.