Cyclone Asani Updates: Depression to Turn into Cyclonic Storm by Evening, Andaman Schools shut; Archipelago Braces for Very Heavy Rain

As Andaman and Nicobar preps up to face Cyclone ‘Asani’, the Indian Meteorological Department in its latest tweet said that the depression adjoining the archipelago will intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours, adding that it will move nearly northwards along and off Andaman towards Myanmar coast in next 48 hours. To move nearly northwards along & off Andaman towards Myanmar coast in next 48 hrs,” the tweet read https://twitter.com/Indiametdept/status/1505744554028601347?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Latest updates on Cyclone Asani Depression likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Monday evening In line with the tweet IMD put out, its scientist RK Jenamani also said that the the depression formed over South East and South Andaman Sea has moved towards the North and added that there are chances that the depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm by Monday evening. “The weather system would move nearly northward along and off the Andaman Islands towards Myanmar and adjoining south Bangladesh coast,” Mohapatra said. Rainfall warning While most parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands received light to moderate rainfall/thundershower with heavy to very heavy and isolated extremely heavy rainfall rainfall at a few places on Sunday, the archipelago will witness similar weather on Monday as well, IMD said.