The Canada Brief

World · 11 d ago

Storm gathering over the sea (illustration)

Cyclone forecast over the Bay of Bengal, with warnings for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

Forecast stages

  • Oct 24: depression
  • Oct 25: deep depression
  • Oct 26: cyclonic storm

India's weather department expects a low-pressure area to become a depression on Oct 24, a deep depression on Oct 25 and a cyclonic storm by the morning of Oct 26.

Oct

27

Tuesday

Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

Extremely heavy to heavy rain is forecast for coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha from Oct 27 to 29.

A low-pressure area does not always become a cyclone; if this one does, it will be named Arnab, Bengali for "ocean".