Odisha Coastal districts on rain alert as depression likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm

Bhubaneswar, Nov 15 (UNI) Coastal districts of Odisha are likely to experience rainfall between November 18 and 20 as a depression over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. According to the IMD, the depression is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm on November 16 and further strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal on November 17. The system, which evolved from a well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal on Saturday, lay centred…