Andhra Pradesh weather alert: 11 districts face extremely heavy rain threat today

Cyclone Arnab is expected to intensify further before crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast near Yanam. Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds are forecast across several districts on October 27 and 28.

New Delhi: Cyclone Arnab has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the east-central and west-central Bay of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) Managing Director Prakhar Jain said. The storm is moving westwards at around 17 kmph and is expected to strengthen further over the next 12 hours.

According to Jain, the cyclone was located approximately 490 km from Gopalpur in Odisha and Visakhapatnam, 560 km from Kakinada, 660 km from Machilipatnam and 730 km from Bapatla.

The storm is expected to continue moving west-northwestwards until Tuesday evening before turning towards the northwest. It is likely to cross the coast near Yanam, between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, by Wednesday morning, October 28.

Winds of 115–125 kmph, with gusts........

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