Visakhapatnam, Oct 28 || With severe cyclone 'Montha' in the Bay of Bengal racing towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, authorities have hoisted danger signal number seven at Kakinda port.
Cyclone Warning Centre, Visakhapatnam, has issued danger signal number six at Visakhapatnam and Gangavaram ports.
Danger signal number five has been hoisted at Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam and Krishnapatnam ports.
Informatory messages have been sent to Kalingapatnam, Bheemunipatnam and Vadarevu ports.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), cyclonic storm Montha over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past six hours, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of Tuesday over the same region, about 190 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 270 km south-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 340 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 550 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).