Cyclone Montha LIVE Tracker: Cyclonic storm Montha crossed the coast off Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, bringing rainfall in several states.
IMD predicted light to moderate rain or thunderstorms are likely at a few or isolated places, with chances of isolated heavy rainfall over Gangetic West Bengal from October 29 to 31.
IMD also predicted light to moderate rainfall in Bihar and Jharkhand on October 30 and 31, and over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim from October 30 to November 1.
Its impact will not be limited to these states as heavy rainfall alerts have been issued for Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
“If we work in the same way for another two days, we can give much relief to people. Due to the cyclone, two persons died,” said Naidu in an official press release.
The landfall process of Cyclone Montha started around 7 pm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, adding that the weather system in the Bay of Bengal will cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada.
It will cross with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90 to 100 kmph and gusting up to 110 kmph.
The storm is about 600 km east-southeast of Chennai and 680 km south-southeast of Kakinada.
It is also 710 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 790 km west of Port Blair and 850 km south of Gopalpur. Montha is expected to keep moving west-northwest over the southwest and west-central Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours.
In the next 12 hours, Montha is likely to move northwestwards, then north-northwestwards and “intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by morning of Tuesday.
Continuing to move further north-northwestwards, it is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during the evening/night of Tuesday as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph,” the IMD noted.
Heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected in coastal states such as Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
Due to Cyclonic Storm “Montha,” coastal states along the Bay of Bengal are likely to experience heavy rainfall. Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are on high alert as the Indian Army and state authorities are preparing emergency measures to minimise damage.
Odisha is likely to experience “extremely” heavy rainfall on Oct. 28 and 29 due to the upcoming severe cyclonic storm, the IMD warned, issuing a “yellow” alert for districts such as Cuttak, Bhadarak, Balasore, Kendrapara, among others.
The IMD warned that isolated heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning are likely. Gusty surface winds may reach speeds of 30–40 kmph in affected areas.