The deep despair over Bay of Bengal moved north with a velocity of 14 kmph over the last six hours and intensified right into a cyclonic storm, the IMD mentioned.

At 5.30 pm, the system was round 230 km off the Paradip coast in Odisha, 360 km south of Digha in West Bengal, and 510 km south-southwest of Khepupara in Bangladesh, it mentioned.

“It is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours,” The IMD mentioned.

The system could be very prone to cross Bangladesh coast, between Khepupara and Chittagong, round 12 pm on October 25 as a deep despair, it mentioned.

The Odisha authorities has requested all of the district collectors to stay ready for any eventuality, and directed the administration to evacuate individuals from low-lying areas within the occasion of heavy rain.

“The system (cyclone) will move over the sea around 200 km from Odisha coast,” climate scientist U S Dash mentioned, including that below its affect, gentle to reasonable rainfall is probably going at a couple of locations in coastal Odisha on Monday and at many locations over the subsequent two days.

IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra mentioned the wind velocity over the Bay of Bengal will steadily enhance to 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph by Tuesday morning.

He mentioned there shall be no direct affect of the possible cyclone on Odisha, however some Durga Puja pandals, which aren’t sturdy sufficient to resist such wind speeds, might undergo harm.

Odisha acquired about 15 mm of rainfall within the final 24 hours below the affect of the system. Light to reasonable rain might proceed within the coastal areas on Monday and Tuesday, the climate workplace mentioned.

Heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) would possibly happen at one or two locations in Bhadrak, Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur until 8.30 am on Tuesday, it mentioned.

The IMD has additionally requested fishermen to not enterprise into west-central Bay of Bengal until Wednesday, and alongside and off the Odisha coast and north Bay of Bengal throughout Monday-Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in neighbouring West Bengal, the Met division forecast thunderstorms with lightning and reasonable rainfall in elements of Purba Medinipur, Kolkata and South 24 Parganas districts on Monday and Tuesday.

Light to reasonable rainfall in some elements of the state dampened the festive temper of revellers on ‘Nabami’, although individuals had been seen braving the climate with vibrant umbrellas at numerous Durga Puja pandals.