A low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal is projected to intensify into a well-marked low by November 14, a depression by November 15, and potentially into a cyclone named 'Akvan'—meaning 'evil eye', proposed by Iran—by the evening of November 16.
While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) states its final landfall trajectory remains uncertain, international models diverge, pointing toward Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada or a path skirting the Odisha-Andhra coast toward Bangladesh.
Anticipating potential impacts, Odisha has issued weather warnings for November 18 and 19. Heavy rainfall is likely in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur on November 18, while thunderstorms and 30–40 kmph winds are expected across Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Ganjam, and Gajapati.
Due to extremely rough seas, authorities have strictly advised fishermen to avoid venturing into the southeastern, southwestern, and central Bay of Bengal through November 17.