Cyclone Montha: The India Meteorological Department has issued heavy rain alerts for Odisha, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. The states along the Indian east coast of India will be affected due to a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal. The depression, named ‘Montha’, has currently been identified as a cyclonic storm and is expected to intensify into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ as it moves further near the coast.
“The Cyclonic Storm ‘Montha’ [Pronunciation : Mon-Tha] over Southwest & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 16 kmph during past 3 hours and lay centered at 0230 hrs IST of today, the 27th October 2025, over the same area”, wrote IMD on X.
At 11.30 p.m., the storm lay centred over southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, about 640 km east-southeast of Chennai, 710 km southeast of Kakinada, 740 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 860 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha). At 2.30 a.m., the storm moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 16 kmph during the past 3 hours and lay centred over the same area, which is about 600 km east-southeast of Chennai, 680 km south-southeast of Kakinada, 710 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 790 km west of Port Blair and 850 km south of Gopalpur in Odisha.
Emergency Preps for Cyclone Montha
Emergency preparations are taking pace in Andhra Pradesh where Indian Army and NDRF teams are on standby. In Vijayawada and Guntur, panic buying emptied milk stocks and vegetable stalls. Guntur Municipal Commissioner Puli Srinivasulu has directed town planning officials to remove all encroachments on footpaths along major city roads on a war footing and to immediately clear and transport the debris
He emphasized that the encroachments blocking rainwater flow must be cleared to ensure flow of water into the city’s drainage system without stagnation on roads.
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