Andhra govt prepares action plan for relief and essential supplies

The Andhra Pradesh government has prepared an action plan for relief and essential supplies in pre-cyclone preparedness for Cyclone Montha.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

According to the Meteorological Department, the deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal is very likely to cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada on October 28 evening.

It is located about 780 km east-southeast of Chennai, 830 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 830 km southeast of Kakinada, 930 km south-southeast of Gopalpur, said the Met Department.

It is expected to move northwestwards, then north-northwestwards, intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by morning of October 28, and cross Andhra Pradesh coast in evening.

Maximum sustained winds are expected at upto 100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph along the coast, with very heavy rainfall in some districts, it said.