India, Nov. 21 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a weather warning on Thursday said that a low pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast Bay of Bengal around November 22.

The weather department said the system will likely intensify into a depression over the central parts of south Bay of Bengal by November 24.

The brewing weather system over the Bay of Bengal also led to the IMD issuing a heavy rain alert in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. If a cyclone does form in the Bay of Bengal, it would be named 'Senyar'. Submitted by the United Arab Emirates, it typically means a 'lion', and is the name of the next cyclonic storm in the North Indian Ocean, as per the roster.

According to the weather department, heavy to v...