Cyclone Montha LIVE updates: India Meteorological Department has predicted that Cyclone ‘Montha’ is likely to turn into a ‘severe’ cyclone today and hit the coastal shores of Andhra Pradesh by tonight.
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Cyclone Montha Live Updates: Twenty two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are on standby in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry as Cyclone Montha is expected to make a landfall near Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada tonight. Cyclone Montha intensified into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ on Tuesday morning as heavy rains lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. Trains services in Odisha have been disrupted, while Andhra Pradesh’s Gannavaram airport on Monday announced cancellation of at least 30 flights in view of the cyclone.
Vishakhapatnam airport also shut all operations for Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department had issued heavy rain alerts in these states along the Indian east and southeast coast due to the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that intensified into a cyclonic storm on Sunday.
Cyclone Montha is expected to make landfall around Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh by tonight.
Cyclone Montha | Key points
The deep depression over Bay of Bengal that turned into a cyclonic storm – Cyclone Montha – intensified into a ‘severe’ cyclonic storm on Tuesday morning and is expected to make landfall at the coastal shores of Andhra Pradesh by tonight.
The cyclone is 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 (Odisha).
Montha is likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during evening/night of today, the 28th October as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.
The landfall is expected between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during evening/night of October 28 as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, according to the IMD.
Andhra Pradesh’s Gannavaram airport has cancelled at least 30 flights for Tuesday, while 32 trains in Odisha have been cancelled in view of the inclement weather.
National Disaster Response Force said it is closely working with the district administrations and is monitoring the situation in collaboration with the Met Department for preparedness. Twenty two NDRF teams are on standby as cyclone inches closer to Andhra coast.
