New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- The India Meteoroogical Department (IMD) warned for "severe cyclonic storm" named Montha which is expected to make landfall today. The deep depression of Bay of Bengal that recently intensified to form Cyclone Montha laid centred near latitude 14 degrees North and longitude 83.5 degrees East on October 27 at 11:30 PM.

With a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to110 kmph, Cyclone Montha is strengthening to make landfall today. As per latest IMD update, it is located "280 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam(Andhra Pradesh), 360 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 410 km south of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh),610 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha)."

The IMD issued weather alerts for...