Cyclone Fengal latest news today: Rainfall likely over districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

Cyclone Fengal latest quality today: The heavy slump brewing implicit Southwest Bay of Bengal has moved north-northwestwards successful the past fewer hours and is apt to make into a cyclonic tempest - named Fengal - causing rainfall implicit the districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, said an authoritative connected Thursday.

The heavy slump implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified, prompting alerts crossed Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Centered astir 550 km south-southeast of Chennai, it is expected to make into a cyclonic tempest wrong the adjacent 12 hours and is expected to interaction the region's upwind conditions importantly successful the coming days.

Coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are apt to acquisition dense rainfall implicit the adjacent fewer days, with upwind officials urging residents to stay vigilant.

Fishermen person been advised to debar venturing into the Bay of Bengal owed to unsmooth oversea conditions.

Speaking to ANI, S Kumar, Duty Officer, Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre, said, "The heavy slump implicit the South-West Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards during the past fewer hours and laic centred astatine 8.5 degrees northbound latitude and 82. 3 degrees eastbound longitude."

"It lies astatine astir 550km south-southeast of Chennai, 370 km southeast of Karaikal, and 470 km southeast of Puducherry. During the adjacent 12 hours, it is apt to determination north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm," said the IMD official.

"During the adjacent 2 days, it is apt to skirt Sri Lanka's seashore and scope the seashore of Tamil Nadu. Rainfall is expected successful the adjacent fewer days implicit the districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh," helium added.

Sharing the upwind improvement the India Meteorological Department (IMD) posted connected X, "Deep Depression implicit Southwest Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary during past 6 hours astatine 2330 hours IST adjacent latitude 9.0°N and longitude 82.1°E, astir 100 km east-northeast of Trincomalee."

"It is expected to determination astir north-northwestwards skirting the Sri Lanka seashore and intensify into a cyclonic tempest during the adjacent 12 hours. To transverse northbound Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts betwixt Karaikal and Mahabalipuram astir the greeting of November 30 arsenic a heavy slump with a upwind velocity of 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph," it said.