New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Hyderabad on Saturday experienced heavy rains in the afternoon following days of cloudy skies, while the IMD issued an orange alert for Chennai as the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm called Cyclone Montha in the coming days.

In a statement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved westwards and is expected to form into a deep depression following by a cyclonic storm.

"The depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved nearly westwards and lay centred at 11.30 am today over the same region. It is likely to move nearly west-northwestwards to intensify into a deep depression by the 26th and into a ...