Published on : 27 Oct 2025, 11:22 am

The Odisha government started to evacuate people from vulnerable and low-lying areas of eight districts in the southern part of the state to safer places on October 27. The precautionary measure has been taken just before Cyclone Montha brewing over the Bay of Bengal makes landfall between Machilipatnam and Kakinada in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on October 28 evening, as predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The storm is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, with wind speeds up to 110 kilometres per hour (kmph) and is expected to bring heavy rainfall across Andhra and south Odisha, the weather agency predicts.

The Odisha government started evacuation of people from vulnerable and low-lying areas of Ganjam, Gajapati,

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