India Meteorological Department (IMD) has upgraded weather warning for Andhra Pradesh coast to that a severe cyclone, as a causative depression on Saturday set itself on a journey towards the coast from its current bearing over Bay of Bengal waters.

It was located on Saturday evening over south-east Bay about 460 km west-southwest of Port Blair; 950 km east-southeast of Chennai; 960 km south-east of Visakhapatnam; 970 km south-east of Kakinada; and 1,030 km south-southeast of Gopalpur.

Steady intensification

It may move west-northwest, intensify into a deep depression by Sunday and further into cyclone Montha over south-west and adjoining west-central Bay off north Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coast by Monday morning. Thereafter, will steer itself itself to north-west, north-north

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