India Braces For Cyclone Arnab With Evacuations
Authorities moved more than 4,700 pregnant women to hospitals and shut schools as the storm threatened flooding and widespread crop damage.
- On Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department forecast Cyclone Arnab will hit the Andhra Pradesh coast Wednesday morning as a 'very severe cyclonic storm,' with gusts up to 150 km per hour.
- State Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu ordered the storm be 'constantly monitored and advance precautions taken,' as authorities directed 50,000 people in Andhra Pradesh and 48,000 in Odisha to seek safety.
- Authorities closed 'all educational institutions' in some districts and moved over 4,700 pregnant women to hospitals, while Odisha opened 1,735 cyclone shelters to protect vulnerable populations.
- As the system travels toward the Himalayas overnight Thursday, Nepal's disaster authority warned on Tuesday of 'a high risk of heavy snowfall, snowstorms and avalanches' in mountain regions.
- The storm season has been turbocharged by the El Nino weather phenomenon causing unprecedented warming; resident Kotesh Kumar, 35, told AFP, 'I've never seen anything like this before,' comparing current conditions to a cyclone three years ago.
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India orders evacuations as Cyclone Arnab looms
Neighbouring Nepal and Sri Lanka have also issued weather warnings. Cyclone Arnab is forecast to hit India's southwestern Andhra Pradesh coast as a "very severe cyclonic storm", with gusts of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles) per hour on Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a bulletin. Torrential rain lashed the coast in the port city of Kakinda as heavy waves crashed on shore. "I've never seen anything like this be…
Cyclone Arnab intensifies: Severe storm headed for Andhra coast; 16 districts on high alert - The Tribune
A massive disaster response effort is underway across coastal Andhra Pradesh as Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Arnab' accelerates across the west-central Bay of Bengal.
100,000 people affected: India orders evacuations as Cyclone Arnab looms
Cyclone Arnab Intensifies Into Very Severe Storm, Andhra Coast Braces for Landfall
Visakhapatnam, October 27, 2026 (Yes Punjab News) Cyclone Arnab has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal, with its effects beginning to be felt along Andhra Pradesh’s coast as authorities warn of extremely heavy rainfall, destructive winds and rough sea conditions ahead of its expected landfall on Wednesday. According to […]
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