Seven districts on yellow alert on September 9

A depression over the west-central and northwest Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a deep depression, prompting heavy rainfall warnings for several states, including Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.

A family run as they cross a street during heavy rain in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.(AP)

The depression, moving at 17 kmph, was centred about 270 km east of Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 210 km east-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha), 230 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), and 370 km south of Digha (West Bengal) as of 11:30am, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).