Chennai’s RMC reported that a deep depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal could become a cyclonic storm. Heavy rains have prompted holidays for schools in Tamil Nadu districts and Puducherry on November 27.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning that a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into Cyclone Fengal by 27 November. The depression, located 770 km south-southeast of Chennai,

A developing depression in the Bay of Bengal has prompted a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in several Tamil Nadu districts. Chennai, along with surrounding areas, is under yellow alert for heavy rainfall from November 27th to 29th.