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The cyclonic tempest Montha triggered dense rainfall successful 3 districts successful northbound coastal Andhra Pradesh and mean rainfall successful different stations of the State connected Monday (October 27, 2025).
Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Anakapalli received mean to dense rainfall betwixt 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. connected Monday, portion stations successful the cardinal portion and southbound coastal A.P. received airy showers. While determination was a reddish alert for 7 districts, determination were nary reports of highly dense rainfall till 7 p.m.
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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to guarantee that assistance reaches the nationalist without delay.
According to rainfall information compiled by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Jathara successful Visakhapatnam territory received the day’s highest rainfall of 92.25 mm, followed by Madhurawada with 86 mm and Kapuluppada with 85.25 mm. Other stations successful the district, including those wrong the city, received astir 70-80 mm. In Anakapalli district, Sabbavaram received 67.5 mm and Rajam received 62.5 mm. Other stations received little than 60 mm.
The reddish alerts, issued for the districts of SPSR Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Guntur, Krishna, West Godavari, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, Kakinada, Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram for Monday, volition enactment till 8.30 a.m. connected Tuesday, the IMD said.
For Tuesday, reddish alerts person been issued for 16 districts and orangish alerts for 5 districts. Except for SPSR Nellore and the 8 districts of Rayalaseema region, each different districts are nether reddish alert arsenic isolated highly dense rainfall is likely, with the cyclonic tempest apt to intensify into a terrible cyclonic tempest by Tuesday morning, the IMD added.
It said the cyclonic tempest Montha implicit Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a velocity of 15 kmph betwixt 11.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. and remained implicit the aforesaid portion astatine 5.30 p.m. It is positioned ar 420 km eastbound of Chennai successful Tamil Nadu, 450 km south-southeast of Kakinada and 500 km southbound southeast of Visakhapatnam successful Andhra Pradesh and 670 km southbound southwest of Gopalpur successful Odisha.
It is apt to determination north-northwestwards and intensify into a terrible cyclonic tempest by Tuesday greeting Continuing to determination further north-northwestwards, it is precise apt to transverse Andhra Pradesh seashore betwixt Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam astir Kakinada successful the evening oregon nighttime arsenic a terrible cyclonic tempest with a maximum sustained upwind velocity of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.
Meanwhile, Indian National Centre For Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has issued an alert for the State arsenic precocious waves, successful the scope of 2.0–4.7 meters, are forecast betwixt 5.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m. connected Monday, disconnected the seashore of Andhra Pradesh from Nellore to Srikakulam. Storm surge of tallness astir 1 metre supra astronomical tide is apt to origin inundation implicit low-lying areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh, it said.
Preparedness
Holding a high-level reappraisal gathering connected Monday, Mr. Naidu has directed officials to contented hourly bulletins and real-time updates connected Cyclone Montha. He besides said Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally inquired astir the cyclone’s interaction and the State’s preparedness and has assured each imaginable help.
Mr. Naidu ordered the deployment of outer phones and further mobile towers, and directed officials to support 3,211 generators acceptable crossed 110 mandals for powerfulness backup astatine 2,707 villages.
The Chief Minister instructed that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and SDRF teams stay connected standby, and that the Fire Services, Electricity, Roads and Buildings, and Panchayat Raj departments enactment afloat alert.
Officials were told to enactment swiftly to reconstruct infrastructure successful lawsuit of roadworthy breaches, fallen trees, oregon powerline damage. He directed that sanitation beryllium fixed precocious precedence post-cyclone to forestall illness outbreaks, and that 108 and 104 aesculapian vehicles stay connected standby, ensuring aesculapian attraction for large women and caller mothers.
Mr. Naidu has besides directed officials to instantly evacuate residents surviving successful coastal areas susceptible to Cyclone Montha to designated rehabilitation centres.
Mr. Naidu instructed that 851 earthmovers and 757 powerfulness saws beryllium deployed crossed the susceptible regions.
Meanwhile, successful Kakinada and Konaseema region, which is apt to carnivore the brunt of the storm, astir 10,000 radical were evacuated portion 126 large women, were shifted to hospitals.
Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said arsenic galore arsenic 787 large women were shifted to adjacent hospitals successful the 4 districts of Krishna, East Godavari, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema and Eluru.
Medical camps are being organised successful 551 rehabilitation centres acceptable up successful each the 17 districts, which are apt to beryllium affected and each the districts are connected precocious alert, with leaves of the officials being cancelled.
