At 11.30 pm on October 26, 2025, the storm lay centered over southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal. Picture:
The India Meteorological Division (IMD), in its twenty fifth bulletin despatched at 2.24 am on Monday (October 27, 2025), mentioned the deep melancholy over southeast Bay of Bengal and southwest Bay of Bengal intensified right into a cyclonic storm ‘Montha’.
At 11.30 pm, the storm lay centered over southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, about 640 km east-southeast of Chennai, 710 km southeast of Kakinada, 740 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 860 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha).
Cyclone Montha updates on October 27, 2025
At 2.30 am, the storm moved west-northwestwards with a pace of 16 kmph in the course of the previous 3 hours and lay centered over the identical space, which is about 600 km east-southeast of Chennai, 680 km south-southeast of Kakinada, 710 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 790 km west of Port Blair and 850 km south of Gopalpur in Odisha.
In its 3 am bulletin, the IMD mentioned the storm is more likely to proceed to maneuver west-northwestwards over southwest and westcentral Bay of Bengal in the course of the subsequent 12 hours and intensify right into a Extreme Cyclonic Storm by October 28. morning. Persevering with to maneuver additional north-northwestwards, it is vitally more likely to cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam round Kakinada throughout October 28 night or night time as a Extreme Cyclonic. Storm with a most sustained wind pace of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.
Rainfall has begun in a number of districts in Andhra Pradesh round Sunday night time, as Prathipadu in Kakinada district acquired round 79.5 mm rainfall between 8.30 am on October 26 and 6 am on October 27, adopted by Kurrapalle in SPSR Nellore district at 64.5 mm, Chinnachepalle in YSR Kadapa at 41.5 mm rainfall, in keeping with data out there with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES).
AP State Catastrophe Administration Authority (APSDMA) Managing Director Prakhar Jain mentioned 9 State Catastrophe Response Drive groups and seven Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive have been stored prepared as extraordinarily heavy. rainfall is probably going within the seven districts of Kakinada, Dr. BR Ambedkar Konaseema, West Godavari, Krishna, Bapatla, Prakasam and Nellore on Monday (October 27).
Printed – October 27, 2025 08:46 am IST