Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has issued a series of high-level warnings as Cyclonic Storm ‘Montha’ over the Bay of Bengal is forecast to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm, bringing heavy to extremely heavy rainfall and high-velocity winds to the coastal and southern districts of Odisha over the next three days.

According to the midday bulletin issued on Monday, the cyclone, currently centered over the Southwest Bay of Bengal, is moving north-northwestwards at a speed of 18 kmph. It is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, around Kakinada, during the evening or night of Tuesday, October 28. At landfall, it is predicted to be a Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained win

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