Cyclone Arnab to cross Andhra coast by October 28; rains continue in Tamil Nadu | LIVE
A severe cyclonic storm is expected to make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast by October 28, with wind speeds reaching up to 140 kmph. Authorities have issued alerts for heavy rainfall across Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu, prompting disaster management preparations.
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The coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are on high alert ahead of a severe cyclonic storm which is expected to make landfall on the morning of October 28, with winds of 115 kmph to 125 kmph, gusting to 140 kmph.
According to a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department on Sunday (October 25, 2026) evening, “the depression over eastcentral and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal moved southwestwards with speed of 5 kmph during past six hours, [and] intensified into a deep depression. It lay centered in the Bay, about 420 km north-northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman Islands, and 870 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Cyclone expected to intensify into a very severe storm and cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on October 28, prompting evacuations and disaster preparations.
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