Cyclone Tej, which is brewing over the Arabian Sea is expected to transform into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) before noon today (October 22), according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).Cyclone Tej to intensify this noon: IMDTaking it to X, the IMD said, “VSCS (very severe cyclonic storm) Tej lay centred at 2330 IST of 21st Oct over SW Arabian Sea about 330 km ESE of Socotra (Yemen), 690 km SSE of Salalah (Oman), and 720 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). Very likely to intensify further into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm in the forenoon of 22nd Oct.”VSCS (very severe cyclonic storm) Tej lay centered at 2330 IST of 21st Oct over SW Arabian Sea about 330 km ESE of Socotra (Yemen), 690 km SSE of Salalah (Oman), and 720 km SE of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). Very likely to intensify further into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm in the… pic.twitter.com/8U0rjqlXna— ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2023The storm is likely to cross between Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman) in the early hours of October 25.Further, the weather agency said that it was likely to intensify into a deep depression over the next 24 hours.The WML over the Bay of Bengal concentrated into a Depression and lay centred at 2330 IST of 21st Oct over west-central Bay of Bengal, about 620 km south of Paradip (Odisha), 780 km south of Digha (West Bengal), and 900 km SSW of Khepupara (Bangladesh), the IMD said in a tweet.Previous predictions of IMDEarlier, it said a low-pressure area over the southeast and the adjoining southwest Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Sunday.It would continue moving north-north-westwards towards South Oman and adjoining Yemen coasts, it added.
