Cyclone Amphan: Low Pressure To Turn Into Depression Today

New Delhi: A low pressure system over south-east Bay of Bengal is expected to concentrate into a depression by Friday evening or night and further intensify into a cyclonic storm over south & adjoining central parts of Bay of Bengal by Saturday, the IMD said.

IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra warned that the brewing storm which is likely to develop into Cyclone Amphan will trigger heavy rain in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha and West Bengal.

IMD will share the exact track and impact of the cyclonic storm after it intensifies into a depression on Friday, Mohapatra added.