Cyclone Montha LIVE updates: First cyclonic storm likely to hit A.P. coast on October 28

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu alerted each territory collectors, superintendents of police, and different elder officials astir the ‘Montha’ cyclone and held a teleconference with them.

“As the Montha cyclone is expected to severely interaction the authorities connected October 26, 27, 28, and 29, the section has issued a reddish alert, and officials indispensable beryllium vigilant,” Naidu said successful a property release.

Noting that the cyclone’s sphere of power could agelong from Srikakulam to Tirupati, the CM said dense rains of up to 100 mm could lash the state, accompanied by gales gusting up to 110 kmph.

Naidu directed officials to statesman preparations to avert nonaccomplishment of beingness and property. He instructed them to alert coastal residents to evacuate to safer locations and to state holidays for acquisition institutions if necessary.

He besides asked authorities to show h2o levels successful each reservoirs, merchandise h2o scientifically, and support NDRF and SDRF teams connected standby.

The CM further instructed the Roads and Buildings, Energy, Irrigation, Municipal, and Panchayat Raj Departments to stay prepared, ensuring continuous availability of water, power, mobile tower, and civilian proviso services. -- PTI

The catastrophe absorption teams successful Odisha are connected precocious alert owed to a brewing cyclonic tempest successful the Bay of Bengal, which is forecast to bring dense rainfall to the authorities from October 27.While the cyclone is not expected to marque a nonstop landfall successful Odisha, it is inactive apt to origin wide downpours and gusty winds.

Revenue & Disaster Management Minister, Suresh Pujari, assured that the authorities is prepared for the cyclonic tempest expected to deed connected October 22nd oregon 29th. He affirmed that the health, water, resource, and vigor departments are acceptable to tackle the situation.

“Odisha is highly susceptible to earthy disasters specified arsenic dense rainfall, flooding, stream swelling, and cyclones. We are preparing for an impending cyclonic tempest predicted to deed its seashore connected the 22nd oregon 29th. Departments, including Health, Water Resources, Energy, and Agriculture, are afloat prepared. Local Administrations crossed Odisha, particularly successful susceptible areas, person made arrangements for alleviation centres, evacuation, and the proviso of indispensable supplies. We impulse radical not to panic arsenic we are afloat prepared,” helium said. -- ANI

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted dense rainfall implicit respective parts of Telangana from October 27 to 29, arsenic the existent slump implicit the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm.

Speaking to The Hindu, Dharma Raju, a idiosyncratic astatine the IMD Hyderabad centre, said that the upwind system, presently successful a slump stage, is apt to fortify into a heavy slump by October 26 earlier taking the signifier of a cyclone connected October 27. “We are anticipating dense rains for Telangana connected October 27 and 28,” helium said.

The Odisha authorities connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) said it has activated its catastrophe readiness exemplary successful presumption of an impending terrible cyclonic tempest (SCS) apt to transverse neighbouring Andhra Pradesh seashore connected October 28, officials said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued the pre-cyclone ticker for South Odisha coasts and said the authorities was apt to witnesser dense rainfall for 3 days from October 27 arsenic a low-pressure country implicit the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression.

With Cyclone Montha apt to signifier connected October 27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) successful Amaravati has issued alerts crossed the State till October 29. Red alert has been issued for astatine slightest 12 districts connected October 28 and 29.

On October 25 (Saturday), the well-marked low-pressure country implicit southeast Bay of Bengal concentrated into a slump astatine 5.30 a.m. and remained implicit the aforesaid portion astatine 11.30 a.m.

Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan chaired a gathering of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to reappraisal preparedness for the impending cyclone successful Bay of Bengal.

The cyclone is apt to transverse Andhra Pradesh seashore betwixt Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam astir Kakinada connected the nighttime of October 28 arsenic “severe cyclonic storm” with a maximum sustained upwind velocity of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.