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).

In its morning bulletin on Tuesday, the IMD said the system was positioned about 190 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, 270 km south-southeast of Kakinada, 340 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam, and 550 km south-southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha.

The weather agency said the cyclone is likely to maintain its north-northwestward movement and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, around Kakinada, later today. At the time of landfall, the cyclo...