Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure system, which persisted over the Strait of Malacca and adjoining South Andaman Sea at 5.30 pm on Sunday, is expected to intensify into a depression by November 24, before strengthening further into a cyclonic storm around November 26.

“The well-marked low-pressure area is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea on November 24. Continuing to move further west-northwestwards, it is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm over southeast Bay of Bengal during the subsequent 48 hours,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its evening bulletin. ADVERTISEMENT

However, the cyclone’s probable track or highest likely intensity are yet not available.

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