The depression over the Bay of Bengal on Sunday intensified into a deep depression and was slowly moving towards the east coast, prompting the Odisha government to put all 30 districts on alert, officials said, reported news agency PTI.

The IMD has stated that the cyclonic storm is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, around Kakinada, during the evening/night of October 28 as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph.