Bhubaneswar, May 20 -- Bhubaneswar: Less than a week after powerful Cyclone Tauktae battered the west coast of India, a low-pressure system is brewing over the Bay of Bengal and is set to intensify into a powerful cyclone. Eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal are likely to face the brunt of the upcoming storm next week as the storm is expected to make landfall by May 26.

As per the early forecasts by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the low-pressure area is likely to develop over the north Andaman Sea and the adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal around May 22 and its gradual intensification into a cyclonic storm by May 24. IMD has also confirmed the possibility of its formation and has forecast intensification into a cyclon...