BHUBANESWAR: A preparatory meeting was convened by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to prepare for a possible cyclone over the Bay of Bengal. Mayor Sulochana Das directed the corporators and officials of the civic body to remain prepared to handle any emergency. Â
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a low pressure area is likely to form over south-east Bay of Bengal around Sunday and intensify into a cyclonic storm. However, the details of its path and intensification can be ascertained after the formation of the low pressure area.
The system is expected to concentrate into a depression over south-east Bay of Bengal on Monday and thereafter it is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm while moving nearly northwards towards central Bay of Bengal.