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Odisha Coastal districts on rain alert as depression likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm

Bhubaneswar, Nov 15 (UNI) Coastal districts of Odisha are likely to experience rainfall between November 18 and 20 as a depression over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.
According to the IMD, the depression is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm on November 16 and further strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal on November 17.
The system, which evolved from a well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal on Saturday, lay centred over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay at 5.30 am on Sunday. It was located about 700 km west-southwest of Port Blair, 860 km east-southeast of Chennai, 1,040 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 1,160 km south-southeast of Gopalpur in Odisha.
The depression is very likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm over the central parts of the south and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on November 16, before strengthening into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay on November 17.
Preliminary analysis suggests that the system may cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam on the night of November 19.
Under its influence, coastal districts of Odisha are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall, with heavy rain expected at isolated places between November 18 and 20.UNI MK AAB
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