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The IMD said that the cyclone Hamoon lay centred at 11:30 am on Tuesday over the region near latitude 20.3degN and longitude 89.9degE, about 330 km east of Paradipc

IMD on Tuesday said that the Cyclonic Storm 'Hamoon' has now intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the Northwest Bay of Bengal

The cyclonic storm, after its formation, will be christened 'Hamoon', a name given by Iran

The Navy also confirmed that its personnel from the Eastern Naval command recovered the Crew Module from the Bay of Bengal.

The body of one of them, identified as Harsha, was washed ashore and a search is on for the other youth.

A cyclonic circulation over the central parts of the Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Bay of Bengal has given rise to a low-pressure area, according to the IMD.

The fishermen, aboard three fishing vessels, endured over 30 hours of challenging sea conditions as INS Khanjar towed them to safety.

The lifeless fish was found on Meghavaram beach in Santhabommali mandal. Local fishermen believe it to be an uncommon species in these waters and suspect it perished after venturing into shallow areas.

IMD also said that the cyclonic circulation is likely to move west-northwestward across north Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand

IMD says that Andhra Pradesh might witness heavy rains this month Cyclone Mocha is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal around May 6

While only drizzle is likely over places like Serilingampally, Charminar, and Ramachandrapuram, rains may be light in other areas, including LB Nagar, Hayathnagar, Amberpet, Uppal, Alwal, Secunderabad, and Kukatpally.

The low pressure area, which has been formed over southeast and east-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to deepen into a depression by October 22 and into a cyclonic storm by October 24.

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Hyderabad: Satellite images recently have captured twin cyclones in the Indian Ocean region, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere, named cyclone Asani and cyclone Karim respectively. Read more about the phenomenon… Formation of cyclones When the vorticity is positive in both Northern and Southern hemispheres, as is the case with […]

New Delhi: The Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 5 kmph through the night bringing heavy rainfall at places along the Andhra Pradesh coast. On Tuesday, at 5:30 a.m., it lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal about 300 kms southeast of […]

New Delhi: Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually over the next two days, the weather office said. The […]

New Delhi: The storm in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone on Sunday, packing wind speed of more than 75 kmph, and is expected to get stronger, the weather office said. However, it is expected to fizzle out next week without making a landfall. Under the influence of the cyclone, northern Andhra Pradesh […]

Yesterday's well-marked low-pressure area intensified into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south the Andaman Sea at 5:30 AM today.

Visakhapatnam: Five persons drowned in the Bay of Bengal in Rama Krishna Beach here on Sunday afternoon. Four youths and a woman, all tourists from the neighbouring Odisha state, entered the sea for a dip but a huge wave drew them into the deep sea. Within half an hour, the bodies of the woman and […]

Hyderabad: In the early hours of Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on the Richter scale hit Flores Sea in Indonesia, roughly 4,300 km away from the Bay of Bengal. Within minutes of Indonesia issuing a local Tsunami warning, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Sciences (INCOIS), the Hyderabad-based Indian tsunami warning agency issued a […]