Kerala likely to get more rain - triggered by cyclonic storm

Kerala is likely to receive fairly widespread

rainfall across the State from Thursday, triggered

by a cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal.

According to the India Meteorological

Department (IMD), a low pressure area now lies

over the south Andaman Sea, which is likely to

become more marked by Wednesday. It will then

move west-northwestward and intensify into a

depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal

around November 30. Thereafter, it will move

northwestwards and intensify further into a

cyclonic storm over the southwest and adjoining

southeast Bay of Bengal during the subsequent