Cyclone 'Fani', which has been forming in the south-east Bay of Bengal and at the Indian Ocean, is expected to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm" in the next 12 hours warns the Cyclone Warning Division of the MeT department on Sunday. It also warned that the cyclone further into a "very severe cyclonic storm" in the next 24 hours.

The Indian Meteorological department tweeted, "It is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during next 12 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm during subsequent 24 hours."