The Department of Meteorology has announced that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal around 23 November. 

Thereafter, it is likely to intensify into a depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal during the subsequent two days. The system may intensify further and move near the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka, it added.

Accordingly, Naval and fishing communities, engaging in activities in the south-west Bay of Bengal and the general public, particularly living in the Eastern and Northern Provinces, are requested to be attentive to the future forecasts and bulletins issued by the Department of Meteorology in this regard.