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Cyclone Arnab may hit Andhra at 140 kmph Wednesday
The Hindu·
Cyclone Arnab is forecast to cross Andhra Pradesh as a very severe storm Wednesday. Winds may gust to 140 kmph near Yanam or Kakinada around noon. IMD issued red alerts for seven districts Tuesday. Andhra released ₹27 crore to 20 districts and deployed 15 NDRF teams. Odisha closed schools in six southern districts and readied more than 1,700 shelters.
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What It Means For You
- Coastal Andhra residents can call helplines 112, 1070 and 18004250101 for disaster assistance.
- Fishing is banned and officials are evacuating people from flood-prone areas ahead of landfall.
- Andhra shifted 4,711 pregnant women to safer healthcare facilities as the storm approached.
What's Happening
- IMD said Arnab would intensify further over the Bay of Bengal before landfall on October 28.
- Andhra deputed seven NDRF and eight SDRF battalions to districts likely to face heavy rain and gales.
- Odisha's government began moving people from vulnerable areas as the cyclone tracked west-northwest.
Cyclone Arnab coastal warnings
- Red alerts flag isolated extremely heavy rainfall of 200 mm or more in seven Andhra districts.
- The state said 30,043 fishing boats had returned to harbour as Arnab neared the coast.
- Eastern Power Distribution opened 30 divisional control rooms plus 11 circle-level rooms to coordinate outages.
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