Cyclone alert issued for Andhra, Odisha as low pressure area over Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a cyclone alert for north coastal Andhra Pradesh districts and south Odisha the low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal concentrating into a depression is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm.

A cyclone alert has been issued for north coastal Andhra Pradesh districts and south Odisha on Saturday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Depression intnsfd into a Deep Depression over North & adj central BoB, likely to intnsify into a CS next 12 hrs & to cross south Odisha north AP coasts around Kalingapatnam by eve of 26Sept.Cyclone Alert for north AP & adj south Odisha coasts Yellow Message #imd #cyclone pic.twitter.com/9Zru7Ybpm0

In its latest update, the IMD said a low-pressure area was formed over the Bay of Bengal concentrating into a depression, which is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours.