The Odisha government has put all 30 districts on alert as the depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression and is slowly moving towards the east coast.

“At 8.30 am this morning, the system was located about 620 km west of Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 780 km of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, 830 km of Visakhapatnam & Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and 930 km of Gopalpur in Odisha,” the IMD said on Sunday (October 26).

“It is likely to move nearly west-northwestwards, intensify further into a cyclonic storm over southwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours,” the mid-day bulletin issued at 1 pm said.

Red alert for five Odisha districts

The system will further intensify into a severe cyclonic storm — named Montha — by October 28 morn

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