Yellow alert for 2 Andhra districts today, red alert on Oct 27-28 amid Cyclone Arnab
The India Meteorological Department has issued red and orange alerts for several Andhra Pradesh districts as Cyclone Arnab approaches the coast. The storm is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm before making landfall on October 28.
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VIJAYAWADA: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow warning for Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts on Monday, forecasting heavy rainfall at isolated places as Cyclone Arnab approaches the Andhra Pradesh coast.The weather agency has also issued red and orange alerts for several districts for Tuesday (October 27) and Wednesday (October 28), warning of extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall that could disrupt normal life.The system was centred over the east-central and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, about 590 km northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman Islands, 650 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 730 km east-southeast of Kakinada, 830 km east of Machilipatnam and 910 km east of Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh.It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by Monday midnight, and into a very severe cyclonic storm over the same region on Tuesday (October…
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