Cyclone ‘Senyar’: Low-pressure in Bay of Bengal likely to intensify; heavy rain alert in southern states
The low-pressure system near Malaysia and the Strait of Malacca in the Bay of Bengal will likely intensify into a depression over the South Andaman Sea over the next 12 hours, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday evening. Motorists holding umbrellas ride along a street amid heavy rains in Chennai.(Image for representation/AFP) “The depression over Strait of Malacca moved west-northwestwards in past 6 hours with a speed of 10 kmph and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today, the 25th November, 2025 over the same region near latitude 5.1°N and longitude 99.0°E, about 150 km west-southwest of George Town (Malaysia), 210 km east of Kuta Makmur (Indonesia), 680 km east-southeast of Nancowry (Nicobar Islands) and 820 km east-southeast of Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands),” the weather agency wrote on X. “It is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a deep depression during the next 12 hours. Continuing to move west-northwestwards, it is very likely to intensify further subsequently,” it added. If the system develops into a cyclonic storm, it would …

