Cyclone Tauktae: Deep depression to intensify into cyclonic storm in 12 hours, says IMD; red alert in Kerala

The IMD has said that a deep depression over the southeast Arabian Sea will intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 12 hours. On Friday, the agency issued a red alert, indicating heavy rain, for five districts in Kerala.

The low pressure area over the Arabian Sea near Lakshwadeep has intensified into a deep depression, said the Indian Meteorological Department. According to the IMD, this depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 12 hours. Depression over Lakshadweep area intensified into a Deep Depression , about 50 km north-northwest of Amini Divi, 310 km west-southwest of Kannur (Kerala), To intensify into a Cyclonic Storm in 12 hrs .To move north-northwestwards and reach near Gujarat coast by 18th pic.twitter.com/EaOI1pXiih #WATCH | Kerala: Red alert issued in Thiruvananthapuram district for today. Rough sea conditions witnessed. Roads near Shangumugham partially washed away due to coastal erosion. pic.twitter.com/c15Sq6mtR5 #CycloneTauktae UPDATE14/5/2021- @NDRFHQ53 #NDRF teams committed24 teams pre-deployment29 teams standby-readyFor 5 statesKerala,Ktka,TN,Guj,Maharashtra @PMOIndia @HMOIndia @PIBHomeAffairs @BhallaAjay26 @ANI @PIBTvpm @PIBBengaluru @PIBAhmedabad @PIBMumbai pic.twitter.com/1ZBvE9YVIS — India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 14, 2021 — ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2021 — t prdhn -DG NDRF (@satyaprad1) May 14, 2021 IMD, in a bulletin on Friday, said the depression over Lakshadweep moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 19 kilometre per hour in the past six hours. It lay centred over Lakshwadeep area and the adjoining southeast and east-central Arabian Sea at 2.30 pm, the IMD went on to add.