NEW DELHI: A deep depression in the west-central Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, Daye, on Thursday night. The cyclonic storm may cause damages in coastal areas of Odisha, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The storm crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha on early Friday, triggering heavy downpour accompanied by high velocity wind in several parts of the state.The system over west-central of the Bay of Bengal close to Gopalpur in Odisha intensified into the cyclonic storm, about 300km east-southeast of Gopalpur and 311km eastsoutheast of Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.Coastal districts Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of Andhra Pradesh, and Gajapati, Ganjam, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri districts of Odisha. In Bengal, the Indian Meteorologocal Department (IMD) has forecast that Kolkata will receive moderate rain, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly heavy rain and East and West Midnapore and Jhargram very heavy rain.In Bihar, light to moderate showers along with gusty winds and lightning are expected over the next 24 hours under the influence of the cyclonic storm. Odisha, AP brace for cyclonic storm. The Patna Meterological Department said the intensity of showers due to the cyclonic storm would be more in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand as compared to Bihar.The Met department has advised fishermen to not venture into sea along and off Andhra Pradesh coast during next 24 hours.As a cyclonic storm threatened to hit the south Odisha coast around midnight on Thursday, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik asked officials in five coastal districts to ensure “zero casualty” and “keep adequate relief material”.Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Nayagarh and Khurda districts, all situated along the coast, have been on red alert since Wednesday when initial weather reports predicted heavy to very rainfall in the state.“The cyclonic storm will, however, not have any direct impact on Bengal. Kolkata will get moderate rain, while some coastal areas are likely to be lashed by heavy rain. Fishermen have been warned against venturing into the sea for now,” said G K Das, director (weather) at Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata.

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