(MENAFN- Live Mint) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of a“severe cyclonic storm” named Montha, which is expected to make landfall today. The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, which recently intensified to form Cyclone Montha, was centred near latitude 14 degrees North and longitude 83.5 degrees East on 27 October at 11:30 pm.

With maximum sustained wind speeds of 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph, Cyclone Montha continues to strengthen ahead of its expected landfall today. As per the latest IMD update, it is located“280 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 360 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 410 km south of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 610 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).”

The IMD has issued weather alerts for various districts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Kerala, where Cyclone Montha is expected to have a significant and widespread impact.

As per IMD, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over:

Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Mahe, Coastal Karnataka: October 28

Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Telangana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh: Until October 30

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The weather department warned that weather systems over the Bay of Bengal continue to feed moisture into the region, due to which the storm has intensified into a“severe” cyclonic storm, Montha.

According to IMD, the cyclonic storm will make landfall about 200 km from Odisha's Malkangiri, near Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada, between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam on the evening or night of 28 October.

IMD in its latest press release stated,“Storm surge of height about 1 m above astronomical tide is likely to cause inundation over low-lying areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam (of Puducherry) around the landfall time.” Several low-lying areas of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are at risk of flash floods.

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Several districts of Andhra Pradesh are on red alert today, including Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Yanam, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema and West Godavari. The prevailing weather systems are expected to bring“extremely” heavy rainfall in the coming two days as well, so the red warning is intact and will be lifted only after October 30.

Red alert in Odisha

Makangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam districts of Odisha are on red alert for heavy rains. Orange and yellow alerts are in place for regions that might be less impacted by the Cyclone Montha weather system.

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Several districts of Tamil Nadu are on orange alert today, including Chengalpattu, Chennai, Kanchipuram, Ranipet, Thiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram.

Red alert in Telangana

Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, and Mahabubabad districts of Telangana are on red alert for heavy rains.

Predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph, IMD issued an orange alert for Komuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Khammam, Warangal, and Hanumakonda districts of Telangana.

Besides the above states, Cyclone Montha's impact will also be felt in West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand and Bihar.

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