New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Friday stated that a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is projected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 26, prompting IMD to issue extensive heavy rainfall warnings and advisory alerts for the eastern coastline.

Speaking to reporters on the evolving weather system, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra outlined the step-by-step intensification timeline, noting that the system is expected to approach the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts by late October.

"A low-pressure area has formed over east central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal this morning. It is likely to concentrate into a depression on the 24th, a deep depre...