India, Nov. 26 -- Cyclone Senyar formed unexpectedly overnight on 25-26 November and made landfall on Sumatra early the next morning.

It is Indonesia's first recorded November cyclone and only the second ever documented in the region after Vamei in 2001.

IMD forecasts show the storm may retain cyclonic strength until 27 November before weakening.

Weather experts say no similar system has been recorded in the Malacca Strait for more than a century.

Meteorologists and weather enthusiasts have been caught off guard by Cyclone Senyar, a rare storm that formed overnight and made landfall on the Sumatra Island in Indonesia early on November 26, 2025 - the first November cyclone ever recorded in the country.

The cyclone formed on the interv...