New Delhi:India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist RK Jenamani said that cyclone Asani is likely to bring heavy rains and strong winds in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Speaking to ETV Bharat, he said, "In the next 12 hours, cyclone Asani is likely to bring heavy rains and will intensify into a cyclone." Briefing about the movement of this cyclone, which will be this year's first-ever cyclone, Jenamani highlighted that "Cyclone Asani is likely to move along and off the Andaman Islands towards Myanmar and south Bangladesh coast. But, the cyclone would not make a landfall in the Andaman Islands."
It is likely to move nearly northwards along and off the Andaman Islands towards the Myanmar coast during the next 48 hours" he said. To a query on any specific guidelines issued to contain the impact of Cyclone Asani, he said all specific warnings have been issued by the authorities concerned. Any activity such as sailing or fishing has already been halted in the region right from the Myanmar coast to Port Blair, which includes all the Islands there.