The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted that the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify rapidly into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay by October 28 morning, with wind speeds reaching 90–100 kmph, gusting up to 110 kmph.

According to the IMD’s bulletin, the system, currently centered near latitude 10.8°N and longitude 89.0°E, about 420 km west-southwest of Port Blair, is moving west-northwestwards and will likely strengthen into a deep depression by October 26 and a cyclonic storm by October 27 morning.

The storm is projected to move toward the Andhra Pradesh coast during the next 48 hours, bringing heavy to extremely heavy rainfall to parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Telangana betw

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