 A climatological outlier , the storm was one of only five cyclonic storms at the time in the month of March in the Bay of Bengal . It dropped heavy rainfall in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands , reaching 230 mm ( 9 @.@ 1 in ) on Hut Bay . Although the storm dissipated over the Bay of Bengal according to the IMD , one analysis suggested the storm re @-@ intensified and made landfall on southeastern India between Chennai and Pondicherry on April 1 with winds potentially as high as 110 km / h ( 70 mph ) . The storm did not receive advisories from the JTWC . 
