By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The very severe cyclonic storm “Arnab” [Pronunciation :Ornab] overWestcentral Bay of Bengal offAndhra Pradesh coast moved nearly west-northwestwards with a speed of 22 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centered at 2330 hrs IST of yesterday, the 27th October, 2026 over the same region, near latitude 16.3°N and longitude 82.1°E, about 50 km east-southeastof Narsapur (Andhra Pradesh), 70 km south of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 100 kmeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 180 km east-northeast of Bapatla(Andhra Pradesh), and 200 km south-southwestof Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh),
It is very likely to recurve northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh& Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to south of Yanamas a very severe cyclonic storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135kmph gusting to 150 kmph during early hours of 28th October, 2026.
Very severe cyclonic storm “Arnab” is continuing to interact with theland surface and the spiral band of northern sector has further entered intothe land. Centre of Severe cyclonic storm is very close to the coast line andthe landfall process will commence during next 1-2 hours. It is likely to makelandfall during early hours (0200-0400 Hrs IST) of 28th October.
