Very severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ to cross Andhra Pradesh coast by October 28, Odisha coast on alert

27 Oct 2026, 02:33 by Baisakhi · KalingaTV

Bhubaneswar: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Arnab’ over the west-central Bay of Bengal is moving towards the Andhra Pradesh coast and is expected to make landfall by the forenoon of October 28, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

A cyclone warning has been issued for the Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts, with a red message in effect.

The very severe cyclonic storm “Arnab” [Pronunciation :Ornab] over Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 25 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centered at 0230 hrs IST of today, the 27th October, 2026.

Over the same region near latitude 15.9°N and longitude 85.4°E, 300 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 360 km east-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 380 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha), 460 km east of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 530 km east of Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh) and 920 km west-northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman Islands).

It is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards till evening of 27th October and thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh & Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam as a very severe cyclonic storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph by forenoon of 28th October, 2026, forecasted IMD.

Very severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ to cross Andhra Pradesh coast by October 28, Odisha coast on alert

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