Kolkata: The Meteorological (MeT) office on Sunday said that Cyclone Montha will not have a direct impact on West Bengal but is likely to bring heavy rain from Monday onwards.

Districts of South Bengal, including Kolkata, will receive rain due to the influence of the system.

According to the special bulletin of the MeT office, the cyclone is then likely to make landfall between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatam on the Andhra Pradesh coast near Kakinada region on Tuesday evening or night as a severe cyclonic storm.

The maximum wind speed at the time of landfall may be 90-100 kilometres per hour. The wind speed may reach 110 kilometres per hour, said the MeT Department.

The MeT Department official, Sourish Banerjee, said that although there will be no direct impact of the cyclone on the

See Full Page