Chennai, Oct. 27 -- The Cyclonic Storm "Montha" (Pronunciation: Mon-Tha) over theBay moved further close to Chennai coast, will intensify further and cross the Andhra Pradeshcoast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm by tomorrow evening/night, even as incessant rains lashedChennai city and Northern and Interior districts of Tamil Nadu today.

In a latest bulletin, the Met office tonight said the Cyclonic storm over the westcentral andadjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph duringthe past six hours and lay centered at 1730 hrs of today over same region, about 420 kmeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 450 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh),500 km south southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 670 km ...