IMD had predicted that the deep depression would escalate into a cyclone by Wednesday evening, but it is now forecast to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Thursday morning . Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy convened a review meeting of the Puducherry Disaster Management Authority .
New Delhi, December 7: According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the deep depression over the southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal was likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify gradually into a cyclonic storm before reaching the southwest Bay of Bengal, north Tamil Nadu Puducherry, and the adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coast by Thursday morning, approximately 410 km east of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), aboutThe IMD had predicted that the deep depression would escalate into a cyclone by Wednesday evening, but it is now forecast to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Thursday morning.It will continue to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamilnadu, Puducherry, and the adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast between Puducherry and Sriharikota, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 65-75 kmph, gusting to 85 kmph, according to IMD.In the aftermath of a heavy rainfall warning due to cyclonic activity over the Bay of Bengal, Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy today convened a review meeting of the Puducherry Disaster Management Authority.