India, Oct. 31 -- A low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a depression within the next few hours and further strengthen into a cyclonic storm by November 1, Indian Meteorological Department said on Saturday. The cyclonic storm may hit the Andhra Pradesh coast, which has already been battered by Cyclone Arnab, on November 2.

Cyclone Arnab made a landfall on October 28 and left behind trail of destruction in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha with wind speeds of 150 kmph at landfall.

If the storm fully develops into a cyclone, it will be called Murasu, meaning 'drum' in Tamil, a name proposed by India.

Coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Yanam in Puducherry are likely to face 'isolated extremely heavy rain...