The cyclone is expected to cross the coast of Tamil Nadu today afternoon, though authorities have said that no major damage is expected and all precautions are in place.

It was located about 560 km off Visakhapatnam as of Monday evening and will likely strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday morning."The cyclone is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast near Kakinada during the evening or night of October 28 as a severe cyclonic storm,

Chennai and neighboring districts are bracing for heavy rainfall as the season's first cyclonic storm, potentially named Montha, takes shape over the

The storm’s structure remains sheared, with its most potent cloud cover and rainfall situated to the west, a clear indication that Tamil Nadu’s coastline is already experiencing its initial effects.

Twenty five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry as Cyclone Montha is expected to make a landfall near Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada tonight.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday announced that Cyclone Montha has weakened into a cyclonic storm over coastal Andhra Pradesh a

Cyclone Montha, the first major cyclonic storm of the year, is rapidly intensifying over the Bay of Bengal and has made landfall near Kakinada on October 27 evening. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the system,