Cyclone ‘Shakhti’ forms over Arabian Sea, to move away from Indian mainland

Published on : 03 Oct 2025, 10:03 pm

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on October 3, 2025, confirmed the formation of Cyclone Shakhti, named by Sri Lanka, over the northeast Arabian Sea.

“At 1800 UTC of 3 Oct, CS Shakhti lay centered about 340 km west of Dwarka. It is likely to move west-southwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm around 0000 UTC of 4 Oct. Thereafter, to reach central parts of north & adj central Arabian Sea by 5th October. Thereafter, it will recurve and move east-northeastward from 0000 UTC of 6th October 2025,” the IMD said in a post on the intervening night of October 3 and 4.

In an earlier post, the IMD had noted that Shakhti “lay centered at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 3rd October, 2025 over the same region near latitude 22.0N and