Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that Cyclone Montha has formed over the southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal and is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday morning.

According to the IMD’s bulletin issued at 4 am, the system moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 16 kmph in the past three hours and was centred at 2.30 am on October 27 near latitude 11.7°N and longitude 85.5°E. It was located 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.

The weather agency said that Cyclone Montha is expected to continue moving west-northwestwards over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Be

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