Cyclone Montha Live Tracker: Where Will It Make Landfall And At What Time?

Cyclonic storm 'Montha' continues to move north-northwestwards and is likely to make landfall around Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh during the evening or night of Tuesday, Oct. 28, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

“Continuing to move further north-northwestwards, it is very likely to cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during the evening/night of 28th October as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph,” the IMD has stated in its latest weather bulletin.

As of 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, the cyclone was 230 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 310 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 370 km south of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 570 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha), according to the IMD forecast.

“It is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by the morning of Oct. 28,” the weather agency said.

The IMD has issued a rainfall warning for several coastal states. In Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, light to moderate rainfall is very likely at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on Oct. 28.

Similarly, light to moderate rainfall is very likely at most places in Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, with extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 20 cm at isolated places during Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.

Odisha is expected to see light to moderate rainfall at most places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places. Extremely heavy rainfall of over 20 cm is likely at isolated places over south Odisha and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted over north Odisha on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29. 

The Odisha government has evacuated people from vulnerable places in eight districts in southern Odisha, according to local media reports. The government has also announced the closure of anganwadi centres in eight southern and southwestern districts, as per an OTV report.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected over Telangana on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over south Chhattisgarh on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29. Isolated heavy rainfall is likely on Oct. 30 as well in Chhattisgarh.

The IMD has predicted light to moderate rainfall at most places in Gangetic West Bengal with heavy rainfall at isolated places from Oct. 28 to 31. 

While Jharkhand could see heavy rainfall at isolated places from Oct. 28-31, Bihar is likely to experience heavy rainfall at isolated places from Oct. 29-31.

Here is the Cyclone Montha live tracker map from windy.com:

Live updates on the movement of Cyclone Montha can be tracked here.