The Met Department issued a storm warning for ports in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday with Cyclone `Montha` moving towards Andhra Pradesh. High waves pounded the rocky Chennai shoreline amid turbulent sea conditions triggered by Cyclone Montha on Tuesday. (PICS/ PTI)

The Cyclonic Storm Montha over the west-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is expected to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, near Kakinada, during the evening or night of Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. (Pics/PTI)