Cyclonic Storm (SCS) “Shakhti,” the first post-monsoon cyclonic storm of the Arabian Sea this year, is intensifying and moving towards the northwest Arabian Sea, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

At 8.30 pm (Indian Standard Time) on Saturday, Cyclone Shakhti was centred near latitude 21.5 degrees North and longitude 63.0 degrees East, about 340 km east-southeast of Ras Al Hadd in Oman. The storm has been moving west-southwest at a speed of 15 kilometre per hour (kmph). It is expected to reach the northwest and adjoining west-central Arabian Sea by Sunday, before recurving and moving east-northeast from the morning of October 6, gradually weakening as it progresses, the weather bureau said.