Cyclone Montha is intensifying over the Bay of Bengal and forecast to lash India's east coast. Photo: AP PHOTO

India has moved 50,000 people to relief camps as it begins evacuations a day before Cyclone Montha, which is intensifying over the Bay of Bengal, brings strong winds and heavy rains to its east coast.

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Authorities cancelled holidays for emergency staff and ordered schools and colleges to close in coastal areas of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and the eastern state of Odisha, forecast to be hit by the harsh weather.

The cyclone is likely to turn into a severe storm by

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