While Cyclone Fengal won't directly impact the region, it's disrupting the arrival of winter. The Alipore Meteorological Office has predicted rain in Kolkata and several districts of South Bengal on Saturday and Sunday due to the cyclone's influence Cyclone Fengal formed in the southwest Bay of Bengal.

The Indian Navy has activated a comprehensive disaster response plan as Cyclone Fengal intensifies in the Bay of Bengal, posing a threat to Tamil Nadu's coastal areas.

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

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during November 28 to 30

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.