TNonhighalert: Cyclonethreat recedes, but fresh system to intensify into depressionin24 hrs

Even as the cyclone threat has receded a fresh lowpressure system is intensifying into a depression in the Bay of Bengal adjoining Sri Lanka, threatening to pound with heavy rains the already battered southern districts and the Cauvery delta region in the next few days.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

According to the MET office, this is the third successive system that has formed in the Bay within a few days and is very likely to move north northwestwards and turn into a depression in the next 48 hours. It is formed under the influence of the upper cyclonic circulation in the Comorin area and its neighbourhood.