<p>Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the authorities of four districts to take preparatory measures as a depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a severe cyclonic storm, officials said.</p>.<p>The cyclone is likely to make landfall along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh around May 26 midnight, bringing heavy rain to several Odisha districts.</p>.<p>Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu has alerted the collectors of Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj and asked them to take preparatory measures in view of the impending calamity.</p>.<p>The low-pressure area formed over the central Bay of Bengal on Thursday has concentrated into a depression on Friday morning.</p>.<p>The system lay centred about 730 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and 750 km south of Canning (West Bengal). The system is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall between those two places, the IMD said in a bulletin.</p>.Brutal heat in large parts of India; temperatures set to rise further, says IMD.<p>Under its impact, there is a possibility of wind speed reaching 40 to 50 kmph accompanied by heavy to very heavy rain at most places of the four districts.</p>.<p>Therefore, the SRC has urged the collectors to remain on alert and take all preparatory measures to face any eventuality, officials said.</p>.<p>The district collectors have been asked to inform the revenue and disaster management department about the ground situation from time to time, they said.</p><p>This is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this pre-monsoon season and will be named Remal, given by Oman, according to a system of naming cyclones in the north Indian Ocean region.</p>
<p>Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the authorities of four districts to take preparatory measures as a depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a severe cyclonic storm, officials said.</p>.<p>The cyclone is likely to make landfall along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh around May 26 midnight, bringing heavy rain to several Odisha districts.</p>.<p>Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu has alerted the collectors of Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj and asked them to take preparatory measures in view of the impending calamity.</p>.<p>The low-pressure area formed over the central Bay of Bengal on Thursday has concentrated into a depression on Friday morning.</p>.<p>The system lay centred about 730 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and 750 km south of Canning (West Bengal). The system is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall between those two places, the IMD said in a bulletin.</p>.Brutal heat in large parts of India; temperatures set to rise further, says IMD.<p>Under its impact, there is a possibility of wind speed reaching 40 to 50 kmph accompanied by heavy to very heavy rain at most places of the four districts.</p>.<p>Therefore, the SRC has urged the collectors to remain on alert and take all preparatory measures to face any eventuality, officials said.</p>.<p>The district collectors have been asked to inform the revenue and disaster management department about the ground situation from time to time, they said.</p><p>This is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this pre-monsoon season and will be named Remal, given by Oman, according to a system of naming cyclones in the north Indian Ocean region.</p>