Cyclone Montha has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal, unleashing its fury on India’s eastern coast and prompting high alert in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

Striking satellite images from Isro’s INSAT-3DR satellite captured the swirling mass of clouds and the dense, spiralling eyewall, vividly illustrating the storm’s monstrous scale as it bore down on land.

Packing winds clocked at up to 110 kmph, Montha has already triggered heavy rainfall and squally winds along the coasts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha as it heads toward a projected landfall near Kakinada later tonight.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has classified it as a “severe cyclonic storm,” issuing red alerts for vulnerable coastal districts and warning of “very rough to high” sea conditi

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