NEW DELHI: The severe cyclonic storm Montha is steadily advancing toward the Andhra Pradesh coast and is expected to make landfall near Kakinada around midnight on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The storm, currently over the west-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to intensify into a “severe cyclonic storm” with wind speeds of 90–100 kmph and gusts up to 110 kmph before crossing the coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam. "The SCS Montha moved north-northwestwards and at 1430 hrs IST of 28th Oct, it lay about 70 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, 150km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 250 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 480 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha)," the IMD said in a post on X. Winds

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