Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal may intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.

“The low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal slowly moved west-northwestwards during the past 3 hours and lay over the same region at 8.30 am. It is likely to move west-northwestwards, intensify into a depression over southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal by October 25 and further into a deep depression by October 26 and into a cyclonic storm over southwest & adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal by October 27 morning,” it said. ADVERTISEMENT

According to m eteorologist Biswajit Sahoo, the weather system may intensify into a severe depression or a small-scale cyclone and cross coasts near

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