Key Points:

• As many as 59 rehabilitation centres have been opened along the Uppada coast, where fisherfolk are vulnerable to cyclones and coastal erosion .
• Montha is likely to make its landfall at Kakinada on October 28, 2025, as a severe cyclonic storm .
• The landfall is expected to happen some time in the evening, with predictions of very heavy rainfall and winds reaching up to 100 kmph .
• Cyclone Montha: 269 rehabilitation centres open along the Kakinada coast