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Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab was moving towards the Andhra Pradesh coast on Tuesday morning, bringing rain to several districts of southern Odisha, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The storm, over the west-central Bay of Bengal, moved west-northwestwards at 25 kilometres per hour during the previous six hours, the IMD said.
As of Tuesday morning, it was centred around 300 kilometres southeast of Visakhapatnam, 360 kilometres east-southeast of Kakinada and 380 kilometres south of Gopalpur in Odisha.
The IMD said Arnab was likely to continue moving west-northwestwards until Tuesday evening before turning northwestwards.
The storm is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, by the forenoon of Wednesday, October 28, as a very severe cyclonic storm.
It is forecast to bring maximum sustained winds of 115-125 kilometres per hour, with gusts reaching 140 kilometres per hour.
The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at several places, with extremely heavy rainfall likely at one or two locations in Odisha’s Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri districts. Source: India Today