India Meteorology Department said, the system in the Arabian Sea is intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm, and lays centred at 250 km north-northeast of Kavaratti in the Islands Territory.
It said, heavy rainfall is expected in most parts of the Lakshadweep, and light to moderate rain in some places in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the next twenty-four hours.
Total suspension of fishing has been suggested over the South East Arabian Sea and along the Kerala and Karnataka coast today and the East Central Arabian Sea till Monday.