The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that Cyclone Ditwah potentially impact the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the southern part of Andhra Pradesh. The impact of the storm may also affect Bengaluru, it has warned.
According to the IMD, the coastal areas of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh should brace for heavy rains until December 1, Monday. The IMD has advised fishermen of these regions not to venture into the sea.
Cyclone Ditwah formed over the SW Bay of Bengal near 6.9°N/81.9°E at 1130 IST today. It lay close to Pottuvil, ~90 km SSE of Batticaloa and ~700 km SSE of Chennai. The system will move NNW and reach off North Tamil Nadu–Puducherry–south AP coasts by early 30 Nov. pic.twitter.com/I8sQbCqbk7
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 27, 2025
Following the movement of Cyclone Senyar away from the Indian coastline, a new low-pressure system over the Southwest Bay of Bengal is turning into a cyclonic storm. This system is "very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm within 12 hours", and once it does, it will be named Cyclone Ditwah.
Deep Depression (remnant of Cyclone Senyar) over the Strait of Malacca moved east at 18 km/h, weakened into a depression, and was centred near 3.7°N/99.6°E at 1130 IST. It is likely to continue eastwards and weaken into a well-marked low in the next 12 hours. pic.twitter.com/gkusVFA9W1
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 27, 2025
“The depression over southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka coast moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 8 kmph during past 6 hours, intensified into a deep depression and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 27th November 2025 over the same region near latitude 6.3°N and longitude 82.4°E,about 150 km east of Hambantota (Sri Lanka) and 170 km south-southeast of Batticaloa (Sri Lanka). It is very likely to continue to move nearly north-northwestwards across southwest Bay of Bengal & adjoining Sri Lanka and intensify further into a cyclonic storm during next 12 hours,” IMD said in its X post. "Cyclone Ditwah formed over the SW Bay of Bengal near 6.9°N/81.9°E at 1130 IST today. It lay close to Pottuvil, ~90 km SSE of Batticaloa and ~700 km SSE of Chennai. The system will move NNW and reach off North Tamil Nadu–Puducherry–south AP coasts by early 30 Nov," it added in another post.
The name was suggested by Yemen, refering to the Detwah Lagoon on Socotra Island,
