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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'cyclone alert' for Andaman and Nicobar Islands owed to a cyclonic circulation implicit the Bay of Bengal, which is apt to intensify from September 24, officials said connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025).
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Local larboard warnings person been issued successful the aftermath of the upwind system, which is apt to origin dense rainfall till September 25, they said.
"Thunderstorm with gusty upwind (40-50 kmph) and lightning is precise apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Andaman and Nicobar Islands connected September 24," officials said.
"Heavy rainfall (07-11 cm) is precise apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Andaman Island, and thunderstorm with gusty upwind (40-50 kmph) and lightning is besides precise apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Andaman and Nicobar Islands connected September 25 and 26," they said.
"Thunderstorm with gusty upwind (40-50 kmph) and lightning is precise apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Andaman and Nicobar Islands connected September 27 and 28. Squally upwind with aboveground upwind velocity reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph is precise apt to prevail implicit the Andaman Sea and Andaman and Nicobar coast," the officials said.
Appeal to fishermen
In the coming 5 days, oversea conditions are apt to beryllium rough, and fishermen person been advised not to task into the oversea on and disconnected the Andaman oversea and Andaman and Nicobar seashore till September 25.
Due to the anticipation of surging waves, vessel owners, Islanders and tourists person been advised by the medication to ply their boats with utmost vigilance, and recreation activities person to beryllium carried retired with owed care.
Meanwhile, successful presumption of the upwind advisory issued by the IMD indicating enactment of a debased unit country implicit the Bay of Bengal, the Directorate of Shipping Services (DSS) is astir apt to reschedule sailing of vessels to Campbell Bay, Nancowry, Katchal and different islands.
"Passengers and the wide nationalist person been informed that owed to prevailing inclement upwind conditions, the vas Sindhu volition not telephone astatine Katchal Port during her scheduled voyage to Campbell Bay via Nancowry and Katchal connected September 23 from Port Blair and her instrumentality voyage connected September 25 from Campbell Bay via the aforesaid route," a DSS authoritative said.
