By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The very severe cyclonic storm “Arnab” [Pronunciation :Ornab over Westcentral_Bay_of_Bengal moved nearly west-northwestwards with a speed of 20 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 27th October, 2026 over the same region near latitude 16.0°N and longitude 84.3°E, 220 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra_Pradesh), 240 km east-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 340 km east-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 370 km south of Gopalpur (#Odisha), 410 km east of #Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh) and 1030 km west-northwest of Sri_Vijaya_Puram (Andaman Islands).
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards till evening of 27th October. Thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam as a very_severe_cyclonic_storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph by forenoon of 28th October, 2026.
