Cyclone Arnab Begins Landfall Along Andhra Coast, Process To Continue For Next 4 Hours: IMD

News india Cyclone Arnab Begins Landfall Along Andhra Coast, Process To Continue For Next 4 Hours: IMD

Last Updated:October 28, 2026, 02:52 IST

The India Meteorological Department reported that severe cyclonic storm Arnab made landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast, bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds.

The landfall process of the “very severe" cyclonic storm Arnab has commenced in Andhra Pradesh coast early on Wednesday and the process is likely to continue for two more hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The system hit the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to south of Yanam as a very severe cyclonic storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph. The landfall process started at about 1.20 am of October 28, they said.

IMD DG Mrutunjay Mohapatra said: “The wind speed of the cyclone will continue at the speed of 125 kmph to 135 kmph gusting 150 kmph for next four hours. The tip of the system has already entered the land mass and the entire process will take around four hours."

Under its influence, heavy rainfall and strong winds continue in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, and parts of southern Odisha, the IMD said.

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