Depression in Arabian Sea to intensify into cyclonic storm
The brewing Cyclone ‘Tej’ in the Arabian Sea is turning into a ‘cyclonic storm’ today and is expected to turn into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ by Sunday evening, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
On Friday, the IMD informed that a low-pressure area over the southeast and southwest Arabian Sea had developed into a depression.
“Deep depression over SW Arabian Sea moved W-NW about 820 km E-SE of Socotra (Yemen) and 1100 km S-SE of Salalah Airport (Oman). To intensify into a CS over SW Arabian Sea during next 06 hours and further severe cyclonic storm in the evening of 22 Oct,” the weather agency on Friday night wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
According to the IMD, due to the Cyclone, light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is very likely over Kerala on October 23 and 24, and over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura on October 24.