The cyclonic storm over the southwest Bay of Bengal remains practically stationary and lies centred about 400 kilometres east-south-east of Chennai, according to India Meteorological Department.
Hyderabad Meteorological Centre director G Sudhakar Rao told
rediff.com, "The cyclonic storm is stationary. It is not moving at all."
The Meteorological Department, in its latest bulletin issued on Thursday morning, also pointed out, "The cyclonic storm - named Baaz - is likely to intensify further and move in a west-northwest direction and cross the extreme north Tamil Nadu - south Andhra coast between Chennai and Machilipatnam by night of December 2."
District administration in six south coastal districts in Andhra Pradesh still remains on cyclone alert, even as the Indian Army and Indian Navy have been kept ready to render assistance for rescue and relief operations, according to Principal Secretary (Revenue & Relief)
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