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Montha Cyclone: The Meteorological Department said that the intensity of the cyclonic storm is likely to remain for six hours after the cyclonic storm Montha makes landfall in interior Andhra Pradesh.
29 October, 2025
Montha Cyclone: The weather department said severe cyclonic storm Montha is likely to maintain its intensity for six hours after making landfall in interior Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas including south Odisha. The weather department has predicted light to moderate rainfall at most places in Andhra Pradesh and Yanam and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places till October 29. Similarly, the department has predicted extremely heavy rainfall of more than 20 cm at some places during the same period.
Possibility of heavy rain – Meteorological Department
“Severe cyclonic storm Montha is likely to maintain cyclonic storm intensity for six hours after making landfall over interior Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of south Odisha, south Chhattisgarh and Telangana,” the weather department said in a press release. For October 30, the department has predicted light to moderate rainfall at many places and heavy rainfall at a few places over North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. The Meteorological Department, in its bulletin issued at 10:50 pm on Tuesday night, said that the landslide in Montha, which started around 7:30 pm on Tuesday evening, will continue for the next two to three hours.
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The storm spread up to 300 kilometers
Its radius alone extended to 300 kilometres, which shows how much time it would take for the entire severe cyclonic storm to cross the coast of the southern state, an IMD official said. Meanwhile, the weather system formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-westwards at a speed of 15 kmph in the last six hours and lay centered over the same region near Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts at 10:30 pm on Tuesday night. “During the next two hours, it is likely to move northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam south of Kakinada as a severe cyclonic storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph,” the weather department said.
CM Naidu gave assurance
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a teleconference with Village and Ward Secretariat personnel through Real Time Governance System (RTGS) at the Secretariat. The chief minister said the impact of Montha was also being felt in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema districts. “We estimate that the cyclone will cross the coast at midnight,” Naidu said in an official press release. He further said that trees were broken and uprooted due to the strong winds. He said the debris was being cleared regularly and urged the ward and village secretariat workers to act as representatives of the state government in the villages. The Chief Minister called upon them to provide immediate services to the cyclone victims and keep the authorities apprised of the local situation.
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