India, Oct. 23 -- A low-pressure area, formed over the east central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal, is likely to concentrate into a depression on October 24 (Saturday), said the IMD on Friday. The system is likely to intensify into a deep depression on October 25 and a cyclonic storm on the October 26 morning over the west-central Bay of Bengal. Thereafter, it will move west-northwestwards and reach near North Andhra Pradesh and adjoining South Odisha coast around October 28 morning, added the IMD.

The impending cyclonic storm has been named as 'Arnab' (means ocean or sea) by Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, at least two models have predicted that the cyclonic storm is likely make landfall south of Visakhapatnam and near the Kakinada-Visa...