Kolkata, May 23 (Reporter) Heavy rainfall lashed parts of Kolkata on Thursday morning after the India Meteorological Department issued a cyclone ‘Remal' alert for Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and West Bengal. Wednesday's low pressure area over southwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal moved north eastwards and lay as a well marked low pressure area over west central and adjoining south Bay of Bengal at 8.30 am Thursday, weather office said. "It is very likely to continue to move north eastwards and concentrate into a depression over central parts of Bay of Bengal by Friday morning. "Thereafter, it is very likely to continue to move northeastwards, intensifying further into a cyclonic storm over east central Bay of Bengal by Saturday morning. "Subsequently, it would move nearly northwards and reach near Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts by May 26 evening as a severe cyclonic storm," the report said. The low-pressure area was formed over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. The Met Office, in its latest bulletin, predicted that the cyclonic storm is likely to move north eastwards and concentrate into a depression over central parts of the Bay of Bengal by the morning of May 24...////...