Cyclone Senyar made landfall with 90 kmph winds. Get the latest IMD forecast, its path, and details on the heavy rainfall alert issued for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and the Andaman Islands.
Cyclone Senyar India Rainfall Alert
The North Indian Ocean region is currently navigating a dual atmospheric challenge, spearheaded by the freshly intensified Cyclonic Storm Senyar. Named by the United Arab Emirates, Cyclone Senyar crossed the Indonesian coast near Kuta Makmur on Sumatra early this morning, maintaining significant cyclonic intensity with peak wind speeds gusting up to 90 kmph. While the system is expected to gradually weaken as it tracks west-southwestwards and eventually recurves eastwards over the next 48 hours, its massive size and movement are already having direct, measurable effects on India’s weather patterns.
Forming from a deep depression over the Strait of Malacca—a critical waterway linking the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea—Senyar became an extremely rare cyclone in that specific location. According to the latest bulletin from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system crossed the coast between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. IST. The storm is forecast to hold its cyclonic strength for the next 24 hours, and weather agencies, including the IMD Meteorological Department, are meticulously monitoring its projected path. Crucially, its position—currently far southeast of Nancowry in the Nicobar Islands—means it poses no immediate landfall risk to the Indian mainland.
However, the immense energy churned up by the storm is directly feeding moisture into the Indian Ocean, contributing to a separate, significant weather development much closer to the coast.
