India, Oct. 29 -- MD warns of heavy rain and gusty winds on both coasts as Severe Cyclone 'Montha' weakens over Andhra Pradesh while another system moves towards the western coast

After a noisy midnight landfall, Severe Cyclonic Storm Montha over coastal Andhra Pradesh began to weaken on Wednesday, even as a separate depression gathered strength over the east-central Arabian Sea, prompting weather alerts along India's western coastline.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Montha moved nearly north-northwestwards after landfall and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST on Wednesday over the same region - near latitude 17.0degN and longitude 81.3degE - about 80 km northwest of Narsapur, 100 km west of Kakinada, and 90 km north ...