Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a pre-cyclone watch for the coasts of South Odisha as a weather system over the southeast Bay of Bengal is forecast to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over the next few days.

According to a press release from the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, the depression currently lies about 1040 km south-southeast of Gopalpur. The system is predicted to move west-northwestwards, strengthening into a deep depression by tomorrow, October 26th, and further intensifying into a cyclonic storm by the morning of October 27th.

The IMD’s forecast track indicates the storm will reach severe cyclonic storm intensity by the morning of October 28th. It is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kaling

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