Guwahati: The deep depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards, intensifying into cyclonic storm ‘Asani,’ IMD reported.
In 2022, Asani will be the first cyclonic storm to hit the North Indian Ocean region.
By Monday morning, it will have intensified in two stages.
During the next 24 hours, it will move north westwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm (wind speeds of 118 to 220 km/h) across the east-central Bay of Bengal.
It will then proceed north westwards till Tuesday evening, reaching west-central and adjacent northwest Bay of Bengal off the coastlines of North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
Following that, it may recurve north-northeastwards and head into the northwest Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha.