With a day remaining for Cyclone Montha to make landfall, Andhra Pradesh is preparing for the impact. It is expected that the storm, which will hit Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, will dump most rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.
According to the latest IMD alert, the storm lies over the Southwest and adjoining areas of Westcentral and southeast Bay of Bengal. It is moving northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph and at around 5:30 am on Monday and lies about 560 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 620 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 650 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 790 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha) and 810 km west of Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
Over the next 12 hours, it will move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday morning. It is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during the evening/night of Tuesday night as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.
Cyclone #Montha effect near Antharvedi beach of Konaseema district in Coastl Andhra.
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(A) #Cyclonic #Storm “#Montha” [Pronunciation : Mon-Tha] over Southwest & adjoining areas of Westcentral and southeast Bay of Bengal
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The Cyclonic Storm “Montha” [Pronunciation : Mon-Tha] over Southwest & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 15… pic.twitter.com/PjFekewXvx
The IMD has also issued red and orange alerts for 23 of the 26 districts in Andhra Pradesh for Monday. The red alert is in place for PSR Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, and Kakinada. There is a possibility of extremely heavy rainfall in the districts where a red alert has been given. All other districts, except Anantapur, Kurnool, and Sri Sathya Sai, will see a huge rainfall.
Though the landfall is happening in Andhra, Odisha is also on alert as Kakinada is just 200 km from Odisha's Malkangiri, and the effect will be witnessed in the state’s 15 districts. Of these, eight are likely to experience very heavy rainfall and strong winds, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said. The Minister said that ‘red warning’ (take action), predicting extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds (gusting up to 80kmph), has been issued for Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, and Kalahandi districts.
