The cyclonic storm “Mandous” pronounced as “Man-Dous” over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved nearly west-northwestwards with a speed of 13 kmph during past 6 hours, intensified into a Severe Cyclonic storm and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today, the 08th December, 2022 over Southwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 10.1°N and longitude 82.9°E, about 250 km northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 320 km east-northeast of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), 350 km east-southeast of Karaikal and about 440 km southeast of Chennai.

It is very likely to maintain its intensity of Severe Cyclonic Storm till early morning of 9th December and then weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by forenoon of 9th December. It would continue to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamilnadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Sriharikota, around Mahabalipuram as a cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph around midnight of 09th December.