India, Oct. 31 -- Days after Andhra Pradesh was battered by Cyclone Arnab, high speed winds are expected to hit the coastal state by November 3 after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday that a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal was intensifying and is likely turn into a cyclone by November 2.

It is likely to make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coastline in the early hours of November 3, IMD's director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said, adding that winds of 80-90 km/hr - gusting up to 100 km/hr are likely.

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

Mohapatra, during a virtual press conference, also said a below normal rainfall...