Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal has moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 10 kmph during the past six hours and lay centerd at 2330 hours IST Thursday over Northwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 19.1°N and longitude 88.0°E, about 190 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 280 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal) and 390 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh).
It is likely to continue to move north-northeastwards, intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours, and cross the Bangladesh coast between Mongla and Khepupara with a wind speed of 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph by the early hours of Saturday.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in several coastal districts of Odisha for Friday.
