Yellow alert in Kerala ahead of Cyclone Mocha, heavy rains expected
India TodayThe India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert in Kerala's Wayanad for Thursday as Cyclone Mocha will develop in the Bay of Bengal by Wednesday. The low pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea has become Well Marked Low Pressure Area over the same region at 0530 IST today, the 9th May 2023. It is very likely to intensify into a depression by today evening over the same region — India Meteorological Department May 9, 2023 CYCLONE MOCHA Cyclone Mocha was named after a suggestion from Yemen. pic.twitter.com/iWkBQ5Subk — India Meteorological Department May 8, 2023 Director General of IMD M Mohapatra told media, "The time of landfall and expected intensity, as it moves towards the coast, will be available when the low-pressure area intensifies into a depression.