Hyderabad: Cyclone Montha, which intensified into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday morning, pounded coastal Andhra Pradesh with torrential rains, powerful winds, and flooding, particularly between Machilipatnam and Kakinada, where it made landfall on Tuesday night.

According to the IMD, the landfall process was expected to last four to five hours. The cyclone was packing winds of 90–100 kmph, gusting up to 110 kmph.

Latest observations by IMD indicated that the landfall process continues as it will continue to move north-northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during next 3-4 hours as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.

Since morning, heavy to very heavy rainfall h

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