India, Oct. 24 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned about a well marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal region that will likely develop into a cyclonic storm by October 26 morning.

As per IMD's latest bulletin, this low-pressure area is expected to persist over the same region and intensify into a depression on Saturday. Thereafter, it is very likely to move and intensify further into a deep depression on October 25 and into a cyclonic storm over the Westcentral Bay of Bengal by October 26 morning.

It would continue to intensify further and reach over Westcentral Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast around morning of October 28, the weather department added.

IMD has issued a pre-cyclone watch for Andhra P...