India, Nov. 28 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Thursday that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into Cyclone Fengal within 12 hours. It is forecast to move northwestward, skirting Sri Lanka's coast, and cross the northern Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts, between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram, on the morning of November 30. The cyclone will bring winds of 50-60 kmph, gusting up to 70 kmph. The IMD added that the depression has remained nearly stationary near Trincomalee and will intensify into a cyclonic storm before making landfall along the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts. Dig Deeper

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