The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday announced that Cyclone Montha has weakened into a cyclonic storm over coastal Andhra Pradesh a

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Weather satellites have beamed back views of Hurricane Melissa as seen from space as it makes its way over the Caribbean Sea, with Jamaica bracing for what could be the "most powerful" Category 5 storm in history.

Cyclone Montha tracker with the latest IMD updates on its current location, speed, path, landfall forecast, and rainfall alerts across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and other coastal states.

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are on high alert and the administration in coastal areas have started evacuations in the coastal areas.

Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use of satellites began in 1966, with 13 of those having formed in the past nine years.