Cyclone, to be named Tauktae, may hit coastal region by Sunday
The Coast Guard on Tuesday swung into action to alert fishermen in high seas to return to the nearest shore in view of a possible cyclonic storm hitting Karnataka and Kerala coasts by Sunday.
Karnataka Coast Guard Commander, DIG S.B. Venkatesh in a statement here said that the India Meteorological Department has forecast the formation of a low-pressure area over the South-East Arabian Sea later this week. The low-pressure area may intensify into a cyclonic storm, to be named Tauktae, over the East-Central Arabian Sea by May 16 to 21.