Cyclone ‘Montha’ intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by early Tuesday morning, prompting a red alert for parts of south Odisha and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the system is moving north-northwestwards and is expected to make landfall between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, near Kakinada, by tonight.

Cyclone ‘Montha’ Intensifies Over Bay of Bengal

According to the IMD’s latest bulletin, the cyclone moved at a speed of 15 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 5:30 am today near latitude 14.7°N and longitude 83.1°E.

At that time, it was positioned about 190 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, 270 km south-southeast of Kakinada, 340 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam, and 550 km south-southwe

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