Chennai, Dec. 8 -- The Deep Depression over the Bay has intensified into Cyclonic Storm 'Mandous' and would move west-northwestwards and cross the North Tamil Nadu, Pududhcerry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coast between Puducherry and Sriharikota by midnight tomorrow.

Met office sources today said the Cyclonic storm"Mandous" pronounced as "Man-Dous" over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved nearly west-northwestwards with a speed of six kmph during the past six hours and lay centered over Southwest Bay of Bengal about 340 km east-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 470 km east-southeast of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), 530 km east-southeast of Karaikal and about 620 km southeast of Chennai.

It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and ...