New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Following the movement of Cyclone Senyar away from the Indian coastline, a new low-pressure system over the Southwest Bay of Bengal is turning into a cyclonic storm. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that the system is "very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm within 12 hours", and once it does, it will be named Cyclone Ditwah.

The IMD said the developing cyclonic storm could potentially impact the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the southern part of Andhra Pradesh.

According to the IMD, the weather system was consolidating over the southwest Bay of Bengal, the adjacent areas of southeast Sri Lanka, and the Equatorial Indian Ocean.

Earlier, the Met department reported that Cyclo...