The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of a strong cyclone building in the Bay of Bengal, which is predicted to make landfall between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh around midnight on May 26.

The depression, which is currently located over the central Bay of Bengal, is expected to build into a cyclonic storm by May 25 morning and a severe cyclonic storm by May 25 evening, according to the Met Department, reported PTI.