The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed that Cyclonic Storm Montha, which made landfall near Narasapur late Tuesday night, has now completed its landfall process and is expected to weaken into a deep depression by Wednesday evening.

According to IMD, the system is currently moving north-northwestwards at about 15 kmph across coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. At 5:30 am on Wednesday, the cyclone’s centre was located near latitude 17.0°N and longitude 81.3°E, approximately 80 km northwest of Narasapur, 100 km west of Kakinada, and 460 km southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).

IMD officials noted that the rear sector of the storm has now entered land, officially marking the end of the landfall phase. Continuous monitoring is ongoing through Doppler weather radars in Machilipatn

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