India, Jan. 9 -- A deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is continuing its north-northwestward movement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The weather system is travelling at a speed of around 13 km per hour and remains active over the region.

"Today, a deep depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal continued moving north-northwest at 13 km/h. The system is positioned 140 km east of Batticaloa and 160 km east-northeast of Pottuvil in Sri Lanka, while remaining 490 km southeast of Karaikal and 660 km south-southeast of Chennai," IMD official S Stella told news agency ANI.

She added that the system is expected to cross the north Sri Lanka coast between Trincomalee and Jaffna by noon or afternoon on Jan...