Well-marked low in Bay of Bengal, cautionary signals at 4 maritime ports

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) says the low-pressure system formed in the Bay of Bengal has intensified and transformed into a well-marked low. As a result, the BMD has asked the four maritime ports of the country to raise local cautionary signal No. 3. In a special warning on Friday, the BMD said that the low -- located in the northwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining west-central bay off the Odisha-Andhra coast of India -- turned into a well-marked low located in the northwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining central bay around 6am on Friday. The Met Office says that it may intensify further. Due to this, a steep pressure gradient lies over the north bay. Under its...