Cyclone threat brews over bay

A low-pressure area formed over North Andaman Sea, adjoining areas of South Andaman Sea and southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and reach West Bengal, Bangladesh coasts on October 25, said India Meteorological Department.

According to an IMD bulletin, under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over North Andaman Sea and neighbourhood, a low-pressure area formed over North Andaman Sea and adjoining areas of South Andaman sea and southeast Bay of Bengal on Wednesday and it persisted over the same region on Thursday.

It is very likely to move west-northwest wards and concentrate into a depression over east central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal around October 22 and into a deep depression on October 23.