Cyclonic storm to bring heavy rainfall to TN-Andhra coast on November 15

The India Meteorological Department has issued a warning alert for a storm likely to form over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh around November 14 and 15. The IMD has also issued a warning for heavy rainfall on November 14 at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The India Meteorological Department has issued a warning alert for a storm likely to form over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh around November 14 and 15. The IMD has also issued a warning for heavy rainfall on November 14 at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The well-marked low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal and the adjoining north Andaman has intensified into a depression, an IMD release said. This weather system that was centred about 20km northwest of Port Blair and about 1,340 km east-southeast of Chennai, is very likely to intensify into a deep depression during the next 24 hours and into a cyclonic storm subsequently, the release said.

The system, an IMD alert said, is very likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours.

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