Suryaa Weather Bureau, Chennai/Visakhapatnam: Surya Weather Bureau, Chennai/Visakhapatnam: There are signs that the prevailing air system over West Central Bay of Bengal will intensify and become a severe cyclone.  There are signs that the prevailing air system over West Central Bay of Bengal will intensify and become a severe cyclone. According to the latest report released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), this air mass is likely to transform into a severe cyclonic storm moving northwestward and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla-Visakhapatnam by October 28.

Coastal administration has been alerted in this background. In early warning of the threat in the sea, the authorities have raised the number one distant danger warning in the 9 major ports of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.