No rainfall alerts for Andhra as depression to turn severe cyclonic storm over Bay of Bengal by November 17

VIJAYAWADA The well-marked low pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression on Sunday (November 15, 2026) morning, according to the India Meteorological Department. So far, no rainfall alerts have been given for Andhra Pradesh.

The forecast is likely to come later in the day today. At 5.30 a.m., the system lay centred over southeast and southwest Bay of Bengal, about 700 km west-southwest of Port Blair, 860 km east-southeast of Chennai of Tamil Nadu, 1,040 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh and 1,160 km south-southeast of Gopalpur of Odsha.

The system may continue to move north-northwestwards, intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm over the central parts of south and west-central Bay of Bengal on November 16 and into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over west-central Bay of Bengal on November 17.