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• Deep depression over the Bay intensifies into cyclonic storm Montha In its 3 a.m.
• bulletin, the IMD said the storm is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards over southwest and westcentral Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours and intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm by October 28 Published - October 27, 2025 08:46 am IST - VIJAYAWADA The Hindu Bureau READ LATER SEE ALL Remove At 11.30 p.m.
• on October 26, 2025, the storm lay centred over southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal.
• Photo: X/@Indiametdept The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its 25th bulletin sent at 2.24 a.m.