Amaravati, Oct 1 (PTI) A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh intensified into a depression on Wednesday, IMD said.

“The well-marked low-pressure area over west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards, concentrated into a depression and lay centred at 11.30 am today over west-central Bay of Bengal near latitude 15.8 degrees north and longitude 86.5 degrees east," the India Meteorological Department said in a press release.

The depression is currently located about 400 kilometres east-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 420 kilometres south-southeast of Gopalpur, 450 kilometres south of Puri, and 500 kilometres south of Paradip in Odisha.

It is very likely to continue moving north-northwestwards, further intensify into a deep depression, and cross the

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