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OCTOBER 27, 2026
Very Severe Cyclonic
Storm ‘Arnab’ continued to advance towards the Andhra Pradesh coast over the
westcentral Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, moving at a speed of 18 kmph over the
past six hours, and is likely to make landfall by the forenoon of Wednesday
with wind speeds reaching up to 150 kmph, the India Meteorological Department
(IMD) said.
In its latest
bulletin issued at 1430 hours IST on Tuesday, the IMD said the storm was
centred near latitude 16.2°N and longitude 83.3°E, about 140 km southeast of
Kakinada, 170 km south of Visakhapatnam and 230 km east of Machilipatnam in
Andhra Pradesh. It was also located around 300 km east-northeast of Bapatla in
Andhra Pradesh and 380 km south-southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha.
The cyclonic storm is
very likely to move nearly west-northwestwards over the next few hours before
recurving northwestwards, the weather agency said.
It is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to south of Yanam, by the forenoon of October 28, the IMD said.
The system is likely to make landfall as a very severe cyclonic storm, packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 125-135 kmph, with gusts reaching 150 kmph, it added.
