Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- Naval and fishing communities have been warned not to venture into several deep-sea areas around Sri Lanka following the intensification of Cyclonic Storm Murasu into a Severe Cyclonic Storm, the Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

The storm was located near latitude 14.1N and longitude 81.4E at 8.30 a.m. yesterday (Nov. 2) over the west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal.

The system is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between midnight yesterday and the early hours of today (Nov. 3), the department said.

Accordingly, naval and fishing communities have been advised to avoid deep-sea areas bounded by 10N-17N and 80E-85E until further notice. Those already o...