Sri Lanka, Oct. 25 -- The Department of Meteorology announces that the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal near the North Andaman Islands developed into a depression and will intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over the coming days.

The weather system was centred near 15.5 degrees north latitude and 91.0 degrees east longitude at 11:30 last night.

It moves across the east-central and adjoining southeastern Bay of Bengal today while developing into a deep depression.

Continuing on a west-northwestward path, the system is expected to transform into a cyclone by the morning of October 26 and reach severe cyclonic strength over the west-central Bay of Bengal by the morning of October 27.

Although the system causes no direc...