Cyclone warning intensifies for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh after depression over Bay of Bengal

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that a depression over northeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression and may further intensify into a cyclonic storm.

The IMD also said on Saturday that the storm may move towards Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

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According to the Meteorological Department, the deep pressure was centered 510 km east-southeast of Gopalpur in Andhra Pradesh and 590 km east of Kalingapatnam in the early hours of Saturday.

The IMD said, “It is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours. It is very likely to move westwards and cross north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur around Kalingapatnam by the evening of 26 September. could.”

Due to this condition, light to moderate rain at most places and very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over Odisha and Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.

Light to moderate rain at most places with heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places and very heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Odisha and North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Parts of North Interior Odisha, Telangana and Chhattisgarh may also receive heavy rains on Sunday.

The IMD has also warned fishermen from Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to venture out into east-central and adjoining northeast Bay of Bengal from September 25 to September 27. The department has said that the sea condition will remain rough for the next three days. To harden too much.

Due to weather, localized flooding, water-logging on roads in low-lying areas of Coastal Andhra Pradesh on September 26 and water-logging in Odisha and Chhattisgarh is likely over the next two days.

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