Bhubaneswar: A well-marked low-pressure area over the west-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Wednesday.
As of 11.30 am, the system was centered near latitude 15.8°N and longitude 86.5°E — approximately 400 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 420 km south-southeast of Gopalpur, 450 km south of Puri, and 500 km south of Paradip (Odisha).
According to IMD, the depression is likely to continue moving in a north-northwesterly direction, further intensify into a deep depression, and cross the coasts of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh between Gopalpur and Paradip during the early hours of October 3.
