Cyclone Montha made landfall as a "severe cyclonic storm" on Tuesday night. It crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanan coasts between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, to the south of Kakinada, the India Meteorological Department said early Wednesday.

The landfall process started around 7 pm. Hours later, after making the landfall, the "severe cyclonic storm" Montha weakened into a cyclonic storm over coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Cyclone Montha was expected to trigger heavy to extremely heavy rainfall parts of Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Telangana, South Chhattisgarh, and Odisha on Wednesday.

Cyclone Montha weather forecast:

Odisha: The IMD issued a red alert in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapathi and Ganjam. The rest of all the districts were on yellow alert.

Telangana: The IM

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