New Delhi. The cyclonic depression over the Andaman Sea intensified into a low pressure area on Monday and is likely to intensify into a storm by October 23. India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the cyclonic depression over the North Andaman Sea and the adjacent Bay of Bengal on Sunday has formed a low pressure area over the East-Central Bay of Bengal and the adjacent North Andaman Sea.
The department said that it is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression on the morning of October 22 and into a cyclonic storm over east-central Bay of Bengal by October 23. The department said that the storm is likely to move in a north-westerly direction and reach the northwest Bay of Bengal near the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal by the morning of October 24.