Amaravati, Nov. 28 -- Cyclonic Storm Ditwah (pronounced Dit-wah), currently positioned over coastal Sri Lanka and the adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, is expected to track north-northwest towards the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-South Andhra Pradesh coastline, bringing heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from November 29 to December 1.
The Meteorological Centre, in its bulletin on Friday, cautioned that coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema are likely to experience significant weather impact during this period.
At 0830 hours today, Ditwah was located near latitude 8.3degN and longitude 81.0degE, approximately 40 km southwest of Trincomalee, 100 km northwest of Batticaloa, 320 km south-southeast of Karaikal, 430 km from Puducherry and 530 km fro...