A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to amplify into a cyclone, threatening Tamil Nadu. The Indian Coast Guard and state agencies are ensuring seafarers' safety, while the IMD predicts heavy rainfalls prompting school closures and exam postponements.

According to the IMD, the depression is very likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm

The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said the depression over southwest Bay of Bengal has now intensified into a deep depression, and that it may intensify further into cyclone Fengal on November 27,

IMD forecasts monsoon depression near Tamil Nadu coast, bringing heavy rain; potential cyclone formation, track influenced by western disturbance.

IMD issued an alert regarding a depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal, which is expected to intensify into a deep depression within the next 12 hours.

If the deep depression intensifies into a cyclone, it will be named as Fengal, according to the rules of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on naming cyclones.