India, Oct. 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several districts in Andhra Pradesh as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into Cyclone Arnab on Monday (October 26) and further strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday (October 27). The IMD also forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several parts of Telangana over the next three days due to Cyclone Arnab.

The IMD said in a statement that a severe cyclonic storm will cross the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 28 and warned of extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds across the region.

"The depression over the east-central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cycl...