Don't venture into sea, follow advisories: IMD warns as cyclone threat looms over Andhra-Odisha coast
India Today
Ahead of possible cyclone formation, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) advised people to follow traffic advisories and not venture into the sea as a low-pressure area developed over the South Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded alert and advised people on Saturday to follow traffic advisories in view of the formation of a low-pressure area over the South Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal.
The low-pressure area is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Sunday evening. It is likely to continue to move northwestwards and reach west-central Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh-Odisha shores coasts by next week.
In case, a cyclone is formed, it will be named "Asani".
The low-pressure area is very likely to move north-westwards and intensify into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal, and into a cyclonic storm over the east-central Bay of Bengal, IMD Director-General Mrutunjay Mohapatra was quoted by PTI as saying.
"We have not yet made any forecast on where it will make landfall. We have also not mentioned anything on the possible wind speed during the landfall," Mrutunjay Mohapatra said.
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"The IMD can give details of the cyclone, its wind speed, landfall location only after the formation of the depression on May 7. As the sea condition may be rough from May 9, fishermen should not venture out," Mrutunjay Mohapatra said.
