Heavy Rain Lash Coastal Areas In Andhra Pradesh As Cyclone Montha Nears Landfall

Heavy rainfall have lashed the coastal parts of Andhra Pradesh early this morning as Cyclone Montha nears landfall, triggering strong winds and waterlogging in several areas. The cyclonic storm Montha over the west-central Bay of Bengal intensified and is expected to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, near Kakinada, during the evening or night of Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted.

Several coastal districts in Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha, towards which the cyclone is expected to move after landfall, have already experienced heavy rainfall this morning.

Odisha’s Ganjam district reported rough seas, strong winds, and rainfall, while rain lashed Vijayawada in Andhra

Pradesh due to the cyclone’s impact.

“The cyclonic storm Montha over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past 6 hours, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centered at 05:30 hrs IST of today, the 28th October 2025 about 190 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 270 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 340 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 550 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).”

The weather agency added that the storm is likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada during the evening/night of today, October 28.

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Several Areas In Tamil Nadu May Experience Rainfall

In addition to this, Chennai in Tamil Nadu also received rainfall this morning. As per IMD, moderate rain with light thunderstorm and lightning is very likely to occur at a few places over Chengalpattu, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Ranipet, Tenkasi, Thiruvallur, Thoothukkudi, Tirunelveli, Tirupathur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar today.

Andhra Pradesh Gearing Up

As Cyclone Montha moves closer to the eastern coast, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to take immediate action to safeguard lives and minimise damage in coastal areas.

The Chief Minister instructed district collectors and superintendents of police to “shift residents of vulnerable coastal areas to rehabilitation centres without any delay.”

The CM emphasised the importance of ensuring high-quality food and safe drinking water at rehabilitation centres. He also ordered the appointment of special officers to oversee the functioning of these centres.