Cyclone Montha LIVE updates: Deep depression over the Bay intensifies into cyclonic storm

Due to the warnings issued astir Cyclone Montha formed successful the Bay of Bengal, the Coastal Marine unit on with the section presumption constabulary vacated the visitors from the seashore astatine Kothapatnam seashore adjacent successful Prakasam territory connected October 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), successful its 25th bulletin sent astatine 2.24 a.m. connected Monday (October 27, 2025), said the heavy slump implicit southeast Bay of Bengal and southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic tempest ‘Montha’. 

At 11.30 p.m., the tempest laic centred implicit southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, astir 640 km east-southeast of Chennai, 710 km southeast of Kakinada, 740 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 860 km southbound of Gopalpur (Odisha). At 2.30 a.m., the tempest moved west-northwestwards with a velocity of 16 kmph during the past 3 hours and laic centred implicit the aforesaid area, which is astir 600 km east-southeast of Chennai, 680 km south-southeast of Kakinada, 710 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 790 km westbound of Port Blair and 850 km southbound of Gopalpur successful Odisha. 

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The IMD has issued reddish and orangish alerts for 23 of the 26 districts successful Andhra Pradesh for Monday (October 27) successful presumption of the cyclonic tempest ‘Montha’. The districts wherever a reddish alert has been sounded are: SPSR Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema and Kakinada. Except for the 3 districts of Anantapur, Kurnool and Sri Sathya Sai, the remaining districts person been issued orangish alerts arsenic ‘heavy to precise dense rainfall’ is apt connected Monday (October 27). There is simply a anticipation of highly dense rainfall successful the districts wherever a reddish alert has been given.

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