Amaravati: Cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 17 km per hour in the past six hours and lay centered over the same region by 2.30 am on Tuesday, about 310 km south-southeast of Kakinada, said the India Meteorological Department.
It is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm.
It is located about 230 km south to the southeast of Machilipatnam, 370 km south of Visakhapatnam and 570 km south to southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).
Meanwhile, the South Central Railway also released the list of 67 trains that have been canceled/ Most of these trains are originating from stations that are situated in the region where there will be a severe impact of Cyclone Month. According to reports, over 95 trains have been canceled so far by several divisions of the Indian Railways ahead of landfall by the cyclonic storm.
In view of the imminent Cyclone ‘Montha’ and in the interest of passenger safety, a few trains are canceled.
Cyclone Montha is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm. According to reports, it is located about 230 km south to southeast of Machilipatnam, 370 km south of Visakhapatnam, and 570 km south-southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha.
Cyclone Montha is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm. According to reports, it is located about 230 km south to southeast of Machilipatnam, 370 km south of Visakhapatnam, and 570 km south-southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha.
“Montha over west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 17 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 2.30 am on October 28 over the same region about 230 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (and) 310 km south-southeast of Kakinada,” said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a release.
Continuing to move further north to northwestwards, it is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during the evening and night of October 28 as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph and gusting up to 110 kmph.
Meanwhile, the Met Department forecast extremely heavy rainfall in isolated places across the coastal districts of the southern state. It issued a red alert to 19 districts.
