In the wake of this cyclonic storm, very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely to lash parts of Tamil Nadu, South Andhra Pradesh and very heavy rainfall over Kerala & South Interior Karnataka today,

Weather bloggers noted that by Wednesday evening, the depression began to weaken, and the rain clouds surrounding it had dissipated. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which had earlier issued a red alert,

The well-marked low pressure area is likely to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Nellore, close to Chennai during the early morning of October 17 as a depression,