Cyclonic Storm Senyar Forms Near Indonesia

A deep depression over the Strait of Malacca and adjoining northeast Indonesia intensified into the cyclonic storm Senyar on Wednesday, according to the India Meteorological Department, marking a rare post-monsoon cyclone in the north Indian Ocean basin. The system, located approximately 100 kilometers east of Kuta Makmur in Indonesia and 260 kilometers west-southwest of George Town in Malaysia, poses no immediate threat to India but is expected to cross the Indonesian coast by midday Wednesday before weakening.

The storm, named Senyar—a term meaning lion contributed by the United Arab Emirates under the World Meteorological Organization's naming convention for the region—developed from a low-pressure area that strengthened into a depression on Tuesday. It has been moving west-northwest at about 10 kilometers per hour, with estimated winds of 45 knots and a central pressure of 996 millibars. Positioned roughly 600 kilometers east-southeast of Nancowry in the Nicobar Islands and 740 kilometers southeast of Car Nicobar, the cyclone remains hundreds of kilometers from Indian territory. This is the second such system in the basin this post-monsoon season, following Cyclone Montha,...