Weather today highlights: Cyclone Montha weakens into deep depression; 2 killed in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu on Wednesday said that although the intensity of cyclonic storm 'Montha' has reduced, power and transportation disruptions persist in several affected districts in the state, according to PTI.

Weather today live: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the entire state administration to remain on high alert following heavy rains triggered by Cyclone Montha.

Reviewing the cyclone's impact, particularly on paddy harvesting, he instructed the authorities to take necessary precautions to minimise losses, reported PTI, citing an official release.

Weather today live: Following the landfall of Cyclone Montha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) of Bhubaneswar stated that 25 places in Odisha reported heavy rainfall, ANI reported.

“In the last 24 hours, in the state of Odisha, 25 places reported heavy rainfall, and two places reported very heavy rainfall, and the highest maximum rainfall was reported in the district of Gajapati, 150.5 millimetres and forecast for next 24 hours is isolated heavy rainfall activity; however entire state is likely to get rainfall activity at many places with thunderstorm, lightning and even gusty wind will be there,” IMD Bhubaneswar Director Manorama Mohanty said.

Weather today live: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to restore normalcy as soon as possible, instructing ministers and officials to visit the affected places and enquire from people if they are facing any problems, PTI reported.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that two persons died in the state due to Cyclone Montha, observing that precautionary measures minimised loss.

He called on the entire government machinery to continue their efforts for another two days to give more relief to the cyclone-affected people.

"If we work in the same way for another two days, we can give much relief to people. Due to the cyclone, two persons died," Naidu stated in an official press release.

Weather today live: Citing preliminary estimates, the Andhra Pradesh government had noted on Tuesday that standing agricultural crops in as many as 38,000 hectares were destroyed due to the impact of Montha and horticulture crops in 1.38 lakh hectares were damaged too.

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Weather today live: Several parts of Hyderabad were waterlogged due to heavy rainfall on Wednesday after Cyclone Montha made landfall off the coast of Andhra Pradesh.

Additionally, light to moderate rainfall was reported in parts of Bhadradri Kothagudem and Mahabubnagar districts, reported news agency ANI.

The parts of Rangareddy district also witnessed rainfall due to the cyclone's impact across Telangana.

Weather today live: Several parts of Odisha are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall on Wednesday as IMD issued orange alert warning in districts inlcuding Cuttack, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Baleshwar and others.

Weather today live: Rain lashed parts of Jharkhand, including state capital Ranchi, on Wednesday, as severe cyclone 'Montha' weakened into a cyclonic storm and was moving through neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, IMD said.

The cyclonic storm 'Montha' over coastal Andhra Pradesh moved nearly north-northwestwards at a speed of 15 kmph over the last six hours, the India Meteorological Department said in a bulletin.

Rain lashed Ranchi, Gumla, Ramgarh, Hazaribag, Palamu, Khunti, Lohardaga and Simdega in the morning. (PTI)

Weather today live: The IMD said that cyclone Montha weakened into a deep depression over coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Telangana.

“The Cyclonic Storm “Montha” over coastal Andhra Pradesh moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past six hours, weakened into a Deep Depression and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 29th October 2025 over coastal Andhra Pradesh & adjoining Telangana near latitude 17.3°N & longitude 81.2°E, about 50 km south-southeast of Bhadrachalam (Telangana), 110 km east of Khammam (Telangana), 130 km south-southwest of Malkangiri (Odisha) and 220 km south-southwest of Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh),” IMD said in a post on X.

Weather today live: IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal commented on the cloud seeding trial over Delhi that failed to induce rain on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, the IIT-K professor said that while they did not get the “desired results,” the process gave them useful information for future cloud seeding trials.

Professor Agrawal said that the data was gathered using the 15 monitoring stations set up across Delhi to measure air pollution and moisture levels. The data, according to him, showed a 6–10% reduction in PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations. Read more.

Weather today live: A day after cloud seeding attempt did not produce desired results in the national capital on Tuesday, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur said that the attempt planned for Wednesday, October 29, has been put on hold due to “insufficient moisture in the clouds”.

In an official statement, IIT Kanpur said that the process is highly dependent on the right atmospheric conditions. Read more.

Weather today live: IIT Kanpur Professor Manindra Agrawal, while talking about why the cloud seeding attempt in Delhi failed, told news agency PTI, "We did not get much cloud moisture, only around 15%. With such low moisture content, the chances of inducing rain were very small, so we did not achieve success in that regard. However, we gathered a lot of useful information. We had set up 15 monitoring stations across Delhi to measure air pollution and moisture levels. Our data shows a 6–10% reduction in PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations. This indicates that even with low cloud moisture, seeding has some positive impact, though not as much as desired, and this data will help us plan future experiments better."

Weather today LIVE: Dr Manorama Mohanty, the director of Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said, “We have issued a 'yellow' warning (be aware) of heavy rainfall, very likely to occur at isolated places in Ganjam, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajpati, Kalahandi, and Nawarangpur districts," reported PTI.

"Malkangiri and Koraput districts will experience surface wind in the range of 45 kmph to 55 kmph, gusting to 65 kmph, while the wind speed in Gajapati, Rayagada, Kalahandi and Nabarangpur will be between 35 kmph and 45 kmph," she added.

Weather today LIVE: Several parts of Odisha were hit by rain on Wednesday morning, including capital Bhubaneswar. This comes a day after cyclone Montha made landfall on Tuesday and eventually weakened into a cyclonic storm as it moved to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Several incidents of landslides, uprooting of trees, and damage to houses have been reported from various districts, news agency PTI quoted an official at the Special Relief Commissioner’s office as saying.

Weather today LIVE: Parts of Maharashtra are likely to witness light to heavy to very rainfall on Wednesday, according to the IMD. The weather department has issued an orange alert waning in areas including Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, and Yavatmal.

IMD said in a post on X that cyclone Montha over coastal Andhra Pradesh is likely to move north-northwestwards across coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and weaken into a deep depression during next three hours and into a depression during subsequent hours.

It also shared visuals of cloud mass associated with the cyclone.

Weather today LIVE: The Met Department forecast light to moderate rainfall likely at most places in Andhra Pradesh and Yanam and heavy to very rainfall at a few places till October 29.

Similarly, it predicted extremely heavy rainfall of greater than 20 cm at isolated places during the same period.

For October 30, it predicted light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy rainfall at isolated places over north coastal Andhra Pradesh. (PTI)

Weather today LIVE: Heavy rain with gale lashed Vijayawada city on Wednesday morning and a number of trees uprooted and many roads were inundated after severe cyclonic storm Montha crossed Andhra Pradesh coast near Narasapur in West Godavari district, south of Kakinada overnight, IMD said on Wednesday.

After crossing the coast, the weather system moved northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph during the past six hours to weaken into a cyclonic storm, India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin issued at 5 am said.

"The latest observations indicate that the severe cyclonic storm Montha crossed Andhra Pradesh and Yanan coasts between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, south of Kakinada and close to Narsapur during midnight (11:30 pm of October 28 and 12:30 am of October 29)," IMD said in a release. (PTI)

Weather today LIVE: Andhra Pradesh district police on Wednesday early morning cleared traffic on National Highway 16 after a massive tree fell near the Nookalamma Thalli Arch and Indian Oil Petrol Bunk in Anakapalli town, causing heavy traffic congestion.

According to the District Police Office of Anakapalli, upon receiving the information, Town Inspector Prem Kumar and Traffic Inspector Venkata Narayana, under the supervision of the District SP, immediately reached the spot along with police personnel, NDRF teams, and GVMC JCB crews. After nearly two hours of continuous effort, they successfully removed the fallen tree and restored smooth traffic movement. (ANI)

Weather today LIVE: The India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday that cyclone Month is likely to move north-northwestwards across coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and weaken into a deep depression during next 3 hours and into a depression during subsequent 6 hours.

“The Cyclonic Storm “Montha” [Pronunciation: Mon-Tha] over coastal Andhra Pradesh moved nearly north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past six hours and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 29th October 2025, over the same region, near latitude 17.0°N & longitude 81.3°E, about 80 km northwest of Narsapur (Andhra Pradesh), 100 km west of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 90 km north of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 230 km west-southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 460 km southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha),” IMD said in a post on X.

Weather today LIVE: The IMD has issued an orange alert warning in Odisha's Mayurbhanj, Baleshwar, and Bhadrak districts. Moderate rain of upto 5-15 mm/hr is expected in these areas over the next few hours.

Weather today LIVE: The Cessna aircraft fired 16 flares - eight in each trial - containing silver iodide and sodium chloride compounds over Burari and surrounding areas, Mayur Vihar, and Noida in attempts to induce rain in a bid to bring down air pollution levels.

“Delhi has taken an unprecedented, science-first step by adopting cloud seeding as a tool to control air pollution. Our focus is to assess how much rainfall can be triggered under Delhi’s real-life humidity conditions. With every trial, science guides our actions—for the winter and all year round,” an earlier HT report quoted Delhi’s environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa as saying.

The second trial was conducted later in the day in outer Delhi and covered areas like Badli.

Weather today LIVE: The Andhra Pradesh government moved nearly 76,000 people to safety. Over 219 medical camps were set up, and 865 tonnes of animal fodder were arranged. The government also deployed 1,447 earthmovers, 321 drones, and 1,040 chainsaws to clear debris and fallen trees.

Weather today LIVE: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Montha made landfall between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around 7 pm Tuesday. The cyclone brought maximum sustained winds of 90–100 kmph, gusting up to 110 kmph, and has since weakened into a cyclonic storm.