IMD Amaravati said a fresh cyclone is likely to form in 24 hours. A well marked low pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards on Saturday morning. It will intensify into a cyclonic storm and reach the Andhra Pradesh coast around the evening of November 2, 2026.
Visakhapatnam: A fresh cyclone is likely to form in another 24 hours, said IMD Amaravati in a special bulletin on Saturday morning.
The report said Friday’s low pressure area over South Andaman Sea and adjoining North Andaman Sea and Andaman and Nicobar Islands moved west-northwestwards and lay as a well marked low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Andaman Sea at 08.30 am on Saturday.
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over the same region during the next six hours. Thereafter, it is very likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm during subsequent 24 hours, move west-northwestwards and reach over west central Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast around evening of November 2, 2026.