The depression over the Bay of Bengal has turned into a deep depression on Wednesday and is set to intensify into a cyclone, an IMD official said.
As it is likely to trigger widespread rainfall, the Odisha government has already put 15 of the state's 30 districts on alert asking them to remain prepared for possible flood-like situation and waterlogging, a state government official said.
The deep depression lay centred over eastcentral and adjacent southeast Bay of Bengal, about 810 km south-southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 920 km south-southeast of Sagar Islands in West Bengal