Cyclone Montha

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Severe Cyclonic Storm Montha was a moderately costly tropical cyclone that affected Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu in October 2025 and later indirectly caused a disastrous avalanche in Nepal in November 2025. The twelfth depression, fifth deep depression, second cyclonic storm, and second severe cyclonic storm of the 2025 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Montha formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal from an upper-level circulation on 25 October, it quickly strengthened into a severe cyclonic storm before making landfall near Narasapuram in Andhra Pradesh around midnight on 29 October, where it caused two fatalities. Over land, it moved northwards, weakening into a deep depression over Telangana, where it caused six additional deaths, and then a depression over Chhattisgarh. Montha degenerated into a remnant low on 30 October over Jharkhand and brought rainfall to Nepal before becoming a low-pressure area on 31 October. Its effects indirectly resulted in an avalanche...

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