India, Oct. 25 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the depression over the east-central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal moved southeastwards at 5 kmph in the six hours preceding 5.30 am on Sunday. It was centred about 880 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 1,150 km east of Bapatla.

The system is expected to intensify into a deep depression before developing into a cyclonic storm by October 27 and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam by the forenoon of October 28. The IMD has forecast maximum sustained winds of 115-125 kmph, with gusts reaching 140 kmph, at landfall, though the precise location remains subject to change.

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