MONETABRIEF – Sri Lanka is likely to get more rain from winds sweeping across the island, met officials said as the Indian Meteorological Office warned that a cyclone could develop in the Bay of Bengal over the next few days.
Sri Lanka is currently high rainfall from a low pressure system near the island and is likely to continue on October 23.
A low pressure system can develop to a depression near the Andaman Islands which can draw air streams across giving rain and fishing vessels should also keep listening to weather warnings, Director, Forecasting at Sri Lanka's Met Department, Merrill Jayawardene said.
India's Met Department which is designated to issue cyclone warnings for the region said weather models indicated the development of a depression near the Andaman Island on October 24.
Some weather models were indicating the intensification of the system into a very severe cyclonic storm.
There was no mention of a possible track of the system as yet.
Cyclone Ditwah which hit Sri Lanka in 2025, formed very near the country and moved northwards, extremely slowly. The last northward moving cyclone over Sri Lanka had taken please in 1967. (Colombo/Oct23/2026)