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The system which moved northwestwards with a speed of 5 kmph during the past six hours and intensified into a cyclonic storm lay centered at 5.30 am at about 300 km east-southeast of Puducherry, 310 km southeast of Chennai, 440 km southeast of Nellore, 550 km south-southeast of Bapatla and 550 km southsoutheast of Machilipatnam, the weather agency said.
The deep depression will continue to move north-northeastwards at a speed of 17 kmph and is expected to make landfall between Khepupara and Mongla in Bangladesh on Saturday morning, the IMD said.
Odisha is expected to see colder weather, with a 3-4 degree Celsius drop in night temperatures over the next 24 hours. Minimum temperatures will gradually decrease by 3-4 degrees Celsius in the next 2-3 days across various districts. Meanwhile, Koraput recorded the lowest temperature at 13.2 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the IMD predicts light to moderate rain or thundershowers in certain areas of Odisha between Monday and Tuesday.
IMD issued a Red Alert for Gujarat and a yellow warning for Odisha. Here's a list of states that will witness rainfall in the upcoming days.
Rain continued at many places in the state for the third successive day on Monday under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal