New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- A weather system over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by the morning of October 26 and move towards the Andhra Pradesh coast around October 28, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to warn of extremely heavy rainfall, strong winds and possible flooding in several states.
In its weather bulletin issued on Saturday, the IMD said a well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal was likely to develop into a depression later in the day.
The system is expected to intensify into a deep depression on October 25 and further strengthen into a cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by the morning of October 26, it said.
Moving west-northwestwards, the...