Bhubaneswar, Nov. 24 -- A rapidly strengthening weather system in the southeast Bay of Bengal has increased the possibility of a cyclone later this week, prompting heightened caution across the eastern coast.

According to the latest weather updates, a low-pressure area that formed over the Malacca Strait and adjoining South Andaman Sea has already intensified into a well-marked low-pressure system, and is expected to become a depression today, before continuing to strengthen.

However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has not yet released any forecast on its movement, impact or landfall.

As per global weather models and weather experts, the low-pressure system developed near the Malacca Strait, gradually moved towards the South...