New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday that a depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur on the morning of November 3.

This comes a few days after Cyclone Arnab made landfall near Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on October 28, triggering heavy rainfall in the region,

In its bulletin issued at 9.15 pm, the IMD said the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea had moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 30 kmph during the previous six hours.

At 5.30 pm, the system was centred about 960 km east-southeast of Chennai, 980 km...