Days after Cyclone Arnab struck the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday that another cyclonic storm is brewing over the Bay of Bengal. This new system moved west-northwestwards and is likely to reach the Andhra Pradesh coast by the evening of November 2.
Landslide after cyclone Arnab affected people along Ganjam-Kandhamal border
Bhubaneswar: Days after Cyclone Arnab struck the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday, another cyclonic storm is brewing over the Bay of Bengal and is likely to approach the Andhra Pradesh coast by Monday evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. A low-pressure area that formed over the South Andaman Sea and adjoining regions on Friday moved west-northwestwards and intensified into a well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Andaman Sea by 8.30 am on Saturday. The system is likely to continue moving west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression within the next six hours. It is expected to intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the subsequent 24 hours, IMD said. The cyclonic storm is likely to continue moving west-northwestwards and reach the west-central Bay of Bengal near the Andhra Pradesh coast by the evening of November 2.