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A ‘yellow’ alert (be updated) of heavy rain has been issued for eight districts for 24 hours starting from 8.30 a.m. on October 28, the IMD said

The district administration has established a 24-hour control room to respond to emergencies

Addressing a press conference, Rajesh Pravakar Patil, Special Relief Commissioner, said the very severe cyclonic storm “Arnab”, which was moving with a speed of 22 kmph during past 6 hours, would impact Odisha’s Malkangiri district when it would cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts

Administration readies 54 relief camps for 31,405 people; Special Officers appointed for all 11 mandals

Nearly 50,000 people had been moved to shelters from vulnerable areas, according to Indian authorities. 

The system may continue to move west-northwestwards till October 27 evening, and thereafter the system may cross the coast, close to Yanam, by October 28, 2026 forenoon.

Several southern Odisha districts started receiving rain as ‘Arnab’ hurtled towards the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 27 2026

Nearly 89,000 people on the Kakinada coast are being moved to relief camps ahead of Cyclone Arnab’s landfall on October 28

IMD issues red alerts for seven of the 28 districts in Andhra Pradesh for Tuesday; 4,711 pregnant women will be shifted to safer healthcare facilities, say officials; Odisha readies 1,700 shelters in five southern districts

All educational institutes and schools have been declared a two-day holiday in the Godavari region; in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, the residents of 67 villages are being shifted to relief camps, while 88 pregnant women have been shifted to nearby government hospitals

Władze jednego z położonych na wschodzie Indii stanów przygotowują się do ewakuacji ponad pół miliona osób. Trzeba zapewnić im schronienie, zanim nadciągnie cyklon Arnab.

Kakinada, East Godavari, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, Eluru, West Godavari, Alluri Sitharama Raju, and Anakapalli districts likely to experience isolated extremely heavy rainfall, while Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Srikakulam, Parvathipuram Manyam likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on October 27

With heavy to extremely heavy rain forecast in 13 districts on October 28 and 29, the government steps up disaster preparedness, shifts 4,711 pregnant women to health facilities and deploys 15 NDRF and SDRF teams; R&B department readies emergency teams to ensure road safety and swift restoration of traffic

<p>Two states along India’s eastern coast were preparing to evacuate thousands of people ahead of Cyclone ​Arnab, which is expected to make landfall ‌on Wednesday, as one of them said it would close schools in some districts for two days.</p> <p>Arnab, which formed over ​the Bay of Bengal before intensifying into ​a cyclonic storm, is expected to make landfa

People in Kakinada, East Godavari and Konaseema, the districts likely to bear the brunt, can report power problems on helpline 1912

State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha expects normalcy within two days of the storm crossing the coast

Six boats which ventured into sea despite cyclone warning have been sent back by the Coast Guard off Kakinada coast.

As per IMD bulletin, the cyclone is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over westcentral Bay of Bengal by midnight of October 26, 2026

IMD issues red alerts for seven of the 28 districts in Andhra Pradesh for October 27

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