Cyclonic Storm Montha over coastal Andhra Pradesh is expected to weaken into a deep depression within the next three hours, and further into a depression during the subsequent six hours as it travels across coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The weather department stated that the storm continued moving north-northwestwards at around 15 kmph, and by 5:30 am on Wednesday, it was centred near latitude 17.0°N and longitude 81.3°E.

The coordinates correspond to about 80 km northwest of Narsapur, 100 km west of Kakinada, and 460 km southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha. The IMD stated that the rear sector of the storm has already entered land, marking the end of the landfall process.

It also added that continuous monitoring of the storm’s movem

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