The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a rainfall alert for parts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, as the depression over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a cyclone. Named Cyclone Fengal, it is expected to make landfall on the ...

With northeast monsoon season's first cyclone likely to form over the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, IMD has upgraded its rain alert for Chennai.

According to a special weather bulletin issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, or BMD, the deep depression was located 2,025km south-southwest of Chattogram seaport, 1,960km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar seaport, 1,940km south-southwest of Mongla seaport, and 1,925km south-southwest of Payra seaport on Tuesday afternoon.

IndiGo has issued a travel advisory regarding disruptions to flights to and from Tamil Nadu cities which continue to be impacted due to adverse weather conditions.

Once intensified, the storm will be identified as Fengal, a name proposed by Saudi Arabia. This is the second cyclone in the post-monsoon season to affect the Indian coast after Cyclone Dana, which crossed Odisha as a ‘severe’ category storm in late October.

If the deep depression intensifies into a cyclone, it will be named as Fengal, according to the rules of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on naming cyclones.

A deep depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal is forecasted to develop into a cyclone by Wednesday. It will likely move towards Tamil Nadu, while closely missing the Sri Lankan coast, according to the India Meteorological Department.

The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said the depression over southwest Bay of Bengal has now intensified into a deep depression, and that it may intensify further into cyclone Fengal on November 27,

A deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclone by Wednesday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting that it will move towards the Tamil Nadu coast,