Sri Lanka, Oct. 25 -- The Department of Meteorology has issued an amber advisory for strong winds, heavy showers, and rough seas affecting the Bay of Bengal and eastern coastal waters around Sri Lanka.

According to the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre, a low-pressure system over the southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and was located at 05:30 a.m. today (25 October), around 900 km northeast of Batticaloa.

The system is expected to move west-northwest and strengthen into a deep depression by October 26, eventually developing into a cyclonic storm over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal by the morning of October 27. It is likely to later track towards the Andhra Pradesh coast within 48 hours....