Bhubaneswar, Nov. 13 -- With a possible cyclone brewing over the Bay of Bengal (BoB), the Odisha government has stepped up preparedness, with a high-level meeting scheduled for Friday evening under the chairmanship of Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari. Coastal districts have been alerted, the Minister said.

The key meeting will review preparedness in view of the developing weather system, which the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated could intensify into a cyclonic storm over the central Bay of Bengal by the evening of November 16.

A Low Pressure Area formed over the Bay of Bengal today. It is likely to intensify into a Well Marked Low Pressure Area on November 14 (tomorrow), a Depression on November...