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This morning’s visuals from Warangal, Telangana, India, as Cyclone Montha batters the region.
Key Impacts:

- Winds between 90–110 km/h
- One killed
- Thousands evacuated
- Over 38k hectares of crops ruined
- Losses estimated at ₹5,265 crore

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- Cyclone Montha, a severe cyclonic storm that made landfall near Andhra Pradesh on October 28, 2025, has weakened into a depression but triggered flash floods in Warangal, Telangana, as shown in the post's aerial video depicting submerged streets and buildings.

- Impacts align with official reports: winds of 90-110 km/h caused one fatality, displaced thousands via evacuations, destroyed over 38,000 hectares of crops, and inflicted ₹5,265 crore ($603 million) in damages across affected regions.

- The event underscores climate-driven intensification of Bay of Bengal cyclones, with IMD data indicating Montha's rapid development from a depression to cyclone in under 48 hours, exacerbating monsoon-season vulnerabilities in India's east coast states.