Cyclone Montha LIVE Tracker: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a “severe cyclonic storm”.
With maximum sustained winds of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, it is likely to bring “extremely” heavy rainfall over Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Telangana. Its impact will not be limited to these states as heavy rainfall warnings have been issued for Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Where is Cyclone Montha?
The weather system was centered over the Bay of Bengal near 14.7°N, 83.1°E at 5:30 a.m. on October 28. It was moving north-northwest at a speed of 15 kmph during the last 6 hours, the IMD said.
It is currently located “about 190 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 270 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 340 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 550 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Leave).
Where to expect Cyclone Montha to land?
According to the IMD, the cyclonic storm is expected to make landfall in the next few hours. Landfall is visible this evening or night near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, about 200 km from Odisha’s Malkangiri.
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