New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said a well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal is projected to intensify into a depression during the day and further develop into a cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by the morning of October 26.

In a post on X, the IMD said the low-pressure area over the eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal had intensified into a well-marked low-pressure area and lay over the eastcentral Bay of Bengal at 5:30 am IST on October 24.

According to the IMD, the system is projected to remain over the same region and intensify into a depression on October 24.

It is then projected to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a...