Dec 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka Meteorological Department today warned of severe weather as a depression has occurred at the center of the Bay of Bengal at 6:00 this morning.

Deputy Director of the Meteorological Department S. R. Jayasekara said that this depression which occurred in the seas 800 km off the East coast could result a cyclone. "It might pass through Sri Lanka coming days,” he said.

According to the department sources the cyclone will affect the eastern coastline of the country. The Meteorological Department expects showers and gusting winds over the Northern and Eastern areas for the next few days.

Indian Meteorological Department said the depression over southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards and lay centered at 1430 hours of Indian Standard Time about 900 km east-southeast of Trincomalee. The system is likely to intensify further and move in a west-northwesterly direction, it said.

A cyclone blew through the Northern part of Sri Lanka last week and flooded most areas severely.