Bhubaneswar, Oct. 28 -- Cyclone Montha has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal and is expected to make landfall around Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh this evening or night, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The weather agency has issued a heavy rainfall warning for several districts of Odisha for today.

Heavy Rainfall to Lash Odisha Red Warning: Scattered heavy to very heavy falls (7 to 20 cm) with isolated extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam.

Orange Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Nabarangpur...