Live: Low-pressure zone builds over Bay of Bengal, potential cyclonic storm heads for Andhra-Odisha coast

A low-pressure zone that formed over east-central and neighbouring southeast areas of the Bay of Bengal at 5:30 a.m. on Friday is forecast to intensify into a depression by Saturday, evolve into a deep depression on Sunday, and strengthen into a cyclonic storm by Monday morning, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The system is expected to advance subsequently toward the northern coast of Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha. K. Naga Ratna, who heads the Amaravati Meteorological Centre in Andhra Pradesh, indicated that the storm would likely cross the coastline during the early hours of October 28 before tracking toward Odisha the following day. Read more: With red alerts sounded for torrential downpours ahead of the cyclone's projected landfall along the north Andhra coastline by October 28, fishers have been advised to head back to shore and evacuation measures have been recommended.