Bhubaneswar, Dec. 6 -- A cyclonic storm, which will be named Mandous, has started taking shape with the low pressure area becoming well-marked over the southeast Bay of Bengal (BoB) on Tuesday.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the system is likely to concentrate into a depression by this evening. As per the forecast, the system is likely to intensify further gradually into a cyclonic storm.

"The cyclonic storm will reach near north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh coasts by December 8 morning," said IMD.

WML over southeast BoB at 0830hrs IST of 6th Dec. To concentrate into a Depression over Southeast BoB by 6 Dec https://t.co/sQp1nWKa2q intensify further gradually into CS and reach near north TN-Puducherry & ...