India On Alert For Cyclone Laila, Storm Poses Risk To Three States

India is braced for tropical cyclone brewing 400 km outside of Chennai over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to reverse the island's east coast Tuesday night, risk lives and homes in three states and two commercial ports.

The Met Department have issued a "severe weather warning" with a cyclone alert for Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa maybe.

Named Laila, storm coasting against the mainland, trading between 95 and 100 km / h, but it is unlikely to be in a monsoon weather bureau official said.