A depression in the southern central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, currently centered 320 km east-southeast of Chennai and 400 km southeast of Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore. India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts that it will move west-northwest and cross the Puducherry-Nellore coast by tomorrow morning, bringing heavy rainfall and winds of 40 to 50 km/h to the region.