Heavy rains are set to lash out at various parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu from Monday onwards, ahead of Cyclone Montha making landfall along India's eastern coast on Tuesday.
This is because the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal was moving north-westwards and is expected to develop into a cyclonic storm by Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
The severe cyclonic storm is expected to hit Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada area late on Tuesday, bringing powerful 90-100km/h winds—which may go up to 110km/h—and heavy rainfall, especially since the northeast monsoon winds are also active over Yanam, Rayalaseema, and the Andhra Pradesh coast.
Disaster management teams in Odisha have been placed on high alert, with yellow alerts issued for almost half of the state on Sunday and Monday.
(More details are awaited.)
