India, Nov. 28 -- Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, currently swirling over coastal Sri Lanka and the adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, is steadily tracking north-northwest and is expected to move closer to the Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts by the early hours of November 30, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

As of 5:30 am IST, the storm was positioned near 8.2 degrees North, 81.1 degrees East, roughly 50 km south-southwest of Trincomalee, 90 km northwest of Batticaloa, and 230 km north of Hambantota in Sri Lanka, the agency said. On the Indian side, Ditwah was located about 440 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 540 km south of Chennai, advancing at a modest 7 kmph over the past six hours.

The system is expect...