Severe cylonic storm Montha left a trail of destruction in Andhra Pradesh, leaving two persons dead and inundating agricultural crops across 87,000 hectares. It also damaged roads, bridges and culverts, and uprooted trees, officials said after a preliminary assessment.
The severe cyclonic storm crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) and 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday (October 29), close to Narsapuram in Andhra Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department said. Wind speeds touched 90 kmph near the Machilipatnam coast as the storm crossed the coast. It gradually weakened into a cyclonic storm by 2:30 a.m. and then into a deep depression by 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday (October 29), it added.
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At 5:30 p.m., the deep depression over north Andhra Pradesh, south Odisha, south Chhattisgarh and northeast Telangana weakened into a depression over south Chhattisgarh. It is likely to move northwards and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during the next 12 hours, the bulletin at 8:30 p.m. said.
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