November 14, Sunday: Last month, back to back cyclones—Gulab and Shaheen—swept through the North Indian Ocean, drenching the subcontinent with bountiful rains. Over the past one week, two post-monsoon low-pressure systems formed over the Bay of Bengal and resulted in incessant heavy rainfall across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala.
Now, yet another low-pressure system has emerged near the central Andaman Sea. As per the forecasts, the system will concentrate into a depression by Wednesday (November 17) and intensify further. The question is, will it intensify into the fifth cyclone of the year or not?
Alert for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
On Saturday morning, a fresh low-pressure area formed over the south Andaman Sea and adjoining Thailand coast. The system will likely move west-northwestwards and concentrate…