Cyclonic storm Fani on Monday morning hit the south-east area of Chennai and the storm is expected to intensify into a 'very severe' cyclonic storm by Tuesday before heading towards north coastal Andhra and Odisha coast, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

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At 05:30 hours on Monday, 'Fani' lay centred at about 880 km southeast of Chennai and 1050 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)," IMD said.

While there is still no clarity as to where 'Fani' will make a landfall, officials indicated that it may hit the coast near north coastal Andhra on May 2 or 3.

The weather department issued a 'yellow' alert of isolated rainfall in five districts in Kerala -- Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram and Wayanad.

The storm will continue to move from the north-west and change its path to the north-east from Wednesday, IMD said.

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) predicted that the high sea-waves in the range of 1.5 to 2.2 meter till 11.30 PM on Wednesday along the coast of Kerala and Lakshadweep.

The sea condition was very high over Southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood. It is likely to become phenomenal over southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, off north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts from April 30 morning and over west-central Bay of Bengal off the Andhra Pradesh coast during May 1-3, according to the IMD.