According to IMD's weather bulletin, a cyclonic circulation lies over the northeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, under whose influence a low-pressure area is likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal around August 18.
The IMD has issued an orange alert for Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jayashanker Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Mahabubabad and Kumuram Bheem Asifabad districts on Thursday and Friday. A yellow alert is declared for 23 of the total 33 districts on Wednesday.