Cyclone Montha, which made landfall on Tuesday night, crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanan coasts between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, to the south of Kakinada.

According to the observation update issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at 12:30 am, the severe storm will weaken into a cyclonic storm over the next 6 hours.

In a post on X, IMD had said, "The latest observations indicate that the severe cyclonic storm, '#Montha', crossed the Andhra Pradesh & Yanan coasts between #Machilipatnam and #Kalingapatnam, to the south of #Kakinada."

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The landfall process commenced as the storm crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, around Kakinada.

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