Bhubaneswar, May 19 -- Bhubaneswar: Director General of India Meteorological Department Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Wednesday warned that a fresh cyclone might hit the coast between Odisha and West Bengal on May 26.

Speaking exclusively to OTV, Mohapatra informed that a low-pressure system will develop around Andaman Sea and its neighbourhood on May 22. It will intensify during the subsequent 72 hours and turn into a cyclonic storm by May 25.

As per the present trend, if thesystem turns into a cyclone, itis likely to move in north-westward direction and make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal coast in the morning hours of May 26

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