Chittoor : With Cyclone Fengal intensifying over the southwest Bay of Bengal, the district administration, under the leadership of Collector Sumit Kumar, has sprung into action to mitigate potential damage. The Collector has instructed district officials, RDOs, tahsildars and MPDOs to remain vigilant and take proactive measures.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the Deep Depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclonic Storm Fengal at 2:30 p.m. IST on Wednesday, November 29. The cyclone is predicted to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall to the affected regions as it makes landfall.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai confirmed the formation of Cyclonic Storm Fengal over the..

The Indian Meteorological Department alerts of Cyclone Fengal forming in the Bay of Bengal, expected to impact Sri Lanka by late24.

If the deep depression intensifies into a cyclone, it will be named as Fengal, according to the rules of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on naming cyclones.

The deep depression will be named Cyclone Fengal if it turns into a cyclonic storm before making landfall. However, the Met department official says weather patterns show it is weakening.

The deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclone Fengal, bringing heavy rain to parts of Rayalaseema and south coastal An

The Puducherry government announced closures for November 29 and 30, affecting both government and privately managed institutions.

Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre Director S Balachandran told ANI that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal now lies at about 310 km southeast of Nagapattinam and 410 km southeast of Puducherry and south-southeast of Chennai at about 480 km.