Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today said that a depression is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) within the next 24 hours, with the possibility of heavy rainfall over parts of Odisha.

According to IMD's morning bulletin, the well-marked low-pressure area currently lies over the northwest and adjoining central Bay of Bengal after moving westwards from the central parts of the north Bay. It is expected to intensify into a depression over the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, off the South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts, within 24 hours.

The weather office further stated that the system is very likely to cross the South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts around the morning...