Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department on Friday said that the depression over Northwest and adjoining Northeast Bay of Bengal has concentrated into Deep Depression and lay centered about 200 km east-southeast of Balasore and 130 km east-southeast of Digha.
The deep depression could cross the coast between Balasore and Sagar Islands by Friday evening.
After landfall, it would continue to move west-northwestwards across north Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand towards north Chhattisgarh and weaken gradually, said the IMD.
Meanwhile, the Odisha Government has issued high alert in coastal districts of the state.