IMD scientist says warming oceans are fuelling stronger cyclones despite fewer formations.

xHyderabad: The severe cyclonic storm Montha that barrelled over Andhra Pradesh coast, dumping copious amounts of rain and wreaked havoc flooding vast areas in the neighbouring state and continued to dump rain over Telangana after it entered the state sometime around 11.30 am on Wednesday — could well be just one of such severe weather events that might well become more common in the years to come.

Montha, which began as a low-pressure area over the East-Central Bay of Bengal and gathered in strength as it moved towards land, was a behemoth with the diameter of raging clouds circling its eye, ranging from 800 to 1000 km.

“The eye itself was not very clear, as in it was not the classically formed

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