The Maldives Meteorological Center (MET) has forecast the storm currently forming in the Bay of Bengal will not reach the Maldives.
Following the formation of a storm in the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, Sri Lankan weather authorities have issued a red alert.
An official from MET stated that although the Maldives is a close neighbor located southwest of Sri Lanka, the storm forming in the Bay of Bengal is not likely to travel towards the Maldives.
The Indian weather authority has predicted that wind speeds in the Bay of Bengal could reach up to 100 kilometers per hour due to the storm.