Low-pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal, Odisha on high alert

The cyclonic circulation over the Andaman sea on Monday intensified into a low-pressure area and is likely to turn into a cyclonic storm by October 23 which will impact Odisha-West Bengal coast, the IMD said. The India Meteorological Department in a special message said Sunday's upper air cyclonic circulation over North Andaman Sea and adjoining Bay of Bengal has formed a low-pressure area over the eastcentral Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea in the early morning. "It is very likely to intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and into a cyclonic storm by October 23, over eastcentral Bay of Bengal," the IMD said. The system is very likely to reach northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha-West Bengal coasts by October 24 morning, it said. The IMD has advised fishermen to return to shore by Monday evening and not to venture into the sea till October 26. Though the IMD has not so far revealed the possible place of the landfall of the cyclone which will turn into a seve