While Cyclone Gulab has weakened into a depression, it may be reborn as Cyclone Shaheen after moving across the Arabian Sea in two to three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said in its weather forecast.

Cyclone Gulab, crossing the Bay of Bengal, hit India's eastern coast on Sunday, and Cyclone Shaheen is expected to hit the country's western coast by Thursday evening.

Cyclone Shaheen could gather steam and move towards Oman on October 1, predicted the weather agency.