Amaravati: Cyclonic storm 'Montha' over the westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north to northwestwards with a speed of 17 km per hour in the past six hours and lay centred over the same region by 2.30 am on Tuesday, about 310 km south to southeast of Kakinada, said the India Meteorological Department.

It is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm.

It is located about 230 km south to the southeast of Machilipatnam, 370 km south of Visakhapatnam and 570 km south to southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).

"Montha over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 17 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 2.30 am on October 28 over the same region about 230 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (and) 310 km south-southeast of Kakinada," said the Met Department

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