Coastal areas may have to brace for more rainfall till the weekend with a weather system brewing over the southeast Bay of Bengal. It is expected to evolve into a cyclonic storm around December 2.
The well-marked low pressure area, which is likely to grow into a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal by Thursday. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has issued a forecast that the weather disturbance may further gain strength into a cyclonic storm over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal.
If the developing weather system reaches the stage of cyclonic storm, it is likely to be named ‘Michaung’, a name given by Myanmar for the tropical cyclones forming over north Indian Ocean.
