Severe Cyclonic Storm Montha completed landfall near Narsapur and Kakinada late Tuesday night, crossing Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam with winds gusting up to 110 kmph between 11:30 pm October 28 and 12:30 am October 29, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed. By 08:30 am Wednesday, the system had weakened into a cyclonic storm centered 20 km west-northwest of Narsapur (16.5°N, 81.5°E) and is forecast to downgrade further into a deep depression by afternoon while moving northwestward.

The storm has claimed one life—a woman in Makanapalem village, Mamidikuduru mandal, crushed by a falling tree—and inflicted widespread damage: uprooted trees, snapped power lines, flooded low-lying areas, and blocked roads across West Godavari, East Godavari, Krishna, and Kakinada districts. Over 76,000 residents in Andhra Pradesh were evacuated to 800+ relief centers; 3,465 pregnant women were shifted to hospitals. The state deployed 1,447 earthmovers, 321 drones, 1,040 chainsaws, and issued 3.6 crore SMS alerts. Crop losses stand at 38,000 hectares of farmland and 1.38 lakh hectares of horticulture.

In Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi chaired an emergency review, confirming 11,396 evacuations (including 2,693 pregnant women) from eight southern districts—Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, and Nabarangpur—expected to bear the storm’s tail. Thirty ODRAF, five NDRF, and 123 fire units are on standby; shelters are fully stocked. Majhi declared the state “fully prepared” despite minimal direct risk.

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Travel restrictions remain in seven Andhra districts until 6 am Wednesday; 160 trains on the Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada corridor were canceled, diverted, or rescheduled. Over 35 flights were grounded between Telangana’s Shamshabad and Andhra airports (30 IndiGo, 2 Air India, 5 Air India Express). Heavy to very heavy rainfall continues in coastal Andhra, with isolated extreme downpours; Telangana and northern Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, stay on alert.

Authorities urge residents to remain indoors, avoid travel, and monitor official updates as cleanup operations accelerate and Montha dissipates inland.

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