The governments of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry prepared to face the impact of the weather system, as rains were forecast in the respective states and Union Territory between November 24 and 26.
Indian Navy warship INS Shakti replenished American and Japanese warships during the ongoing Malabar-2020 exercise in the Bay of Bengal.
The exercise is taking place at a time India and China are locked in a nearly six-month-long bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh that has significantly strained their ties. Japan, Australia and the US are also having friction with China in the last few months over a variety of issues.
Anti-Ship missile (AShM) fired by Indian Navy's Guided Missile Corvette INS Kora hits the target at max range with precise accuracy in the Bay of Bengal.
As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low pressure area which is developing over West Central Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a depression in next 24 hours that could result in adverse weather conditions. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low pressure area which is developing over West Central Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a depression in next 24 hours that could result in adverse weather conditions.
The mega drill by the 'Quad' or Quadrilateral coalition is likely to take place in November in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
Director of India Meteorological Department's Bhubaneswar wing, HR Biswas
Another low-pressure system is developing over the Bay of Bengal, almost after two weeks when the super cyclonic storm Amphan wreaked havoc in the state. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the low pressure over the Bay of Bengal may build-up by June 10.
NASA has released a satellite image of cyclone Amphan over the Bay of Bengal. Amphan is expected to make landfall on Wednesday afternoon, and forecasters warned of extensive damage from high winds, heavy rainfall, tidal waves and some flooding in crowded cities like Kolkata.
The well-marked low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Saturday morning, laying centred around 1,100 km south of Paradip in Odisha, the MeT department said.
At least 15 people died as a boat carrying 130 Rohingya refugees capsized near Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday.
At least 75 passengers of a cruise ship in the Bay of Bengal were rescued by the West Bengal police while Severe Cyclone Bulbul raged on Saturday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
The Odisha districts which were put on alert are: Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Puri, Gajapati, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Boudh, Nuapada and Malkangiri.
The rain battered coastal, southern and central Odisha for the past two days and eight districts received over 100 millimetres of rain since Thursday.
The Well Marked Low Pressure Area over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal now lies over westcentral Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood. The associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height persists
25 fishermen went missing as two trawlers with fishermen on board capsized after being caught in a storm in the Bay of Bengal
Indication of a low-pressure area developing in the Bay of Bengal is a good news for the advancement of monsoon.
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) Director, Energy Finance, Kanika Chawla said: "The energy transition in emerging economies around the world is unlikely to resemble the transitions we have seen in more developed economies or the one in China.
Under the influence of the low pressure, most places in Tamil Nadu registered moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Sunday, while Mimisal, a coastal village in Pudukottai district, received 13 cms of rainfall.
Jai Kisan, Shivani and Maleshwar reportedly sunk due to bad weather.
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