Cuddalore, Oct. 27 -- Boats remain anchored at Visakhapatnam fishing harbour on Monday as heavy rainfall lashed the city amid high tidal waves as Cyclone Montha gained in strength.

Boats in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu also remained anchored at the dock.

Dark clouds were observed over Puducherry due to the storm brewing over the Bay of Bengal.

The East Coast Railway has cancelled several trains for passenger safety.

The weather system, situated over the Bay of Bengal, is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday night, the India Meteorological Department said in a special bulletin.

Director of IMD, Bhubaneswar, Manorama Mohanty said that IMD had issued Red and Orange Alerts...