Cyclone Arnab To Slam AP Coast In Early Hours
The IMD has issued rainfall warnings of varying severity for coastal districts, based on the expected intensity of precipitation. A red warning for extremely heavy rainfall has been issued for Visakhapatnam, Anakapalle, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, Krishna, NTR and Bapatla districts, as well as Yanam, for Wednesday.
Visakhapatnam: The very severe cyclonic storm Arnab has advanced its landfall timing and is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast south of Yanam between 2 am and 4 am on Wednesday, according to a special bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati, on Tuesday evening.
The bulletin said the cyclone had begun interacting with the land surface, with its outer spiral bands entering the coast on Tuesday evening. The system was located about 90 km southeast of Kakinada, 170 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam, 170 km east-northeast of Machilipatnam, 240 km east-northeast of Bapatla and 410 km southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha.
It is likely to move nearly west-northwestwards over the next few hours before turning northwestwards and crossing the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to south of Yanam, as a very severe cyclonic storm. The system is expected to bring maximum sustained winds of 125-135 kmph, with gusts reaching 150 kmph, between 2 am and 4 am on Wednesday (October 28). With the cyclone approaching the coast, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed the administration to remain on standby to respond to any emergency.
The IMD has issued rainfall warnings of varying severity for coastal districts, based on the expected intensity of precipitation. A red warning for extremely heavy rainfall has been issued for Visakhapatnam, Anakapalle, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, Krishna, NTR and Bapatla districts, as well as Yanam, for Wednesday.
An orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued for Srikakulam, Parvathipuram Manyam, Vizianagaram, Guntur and Palnadu districts. Prakasam and Nellore districts are under a yellow warning for heavy rainfall.
According to the IMD, Visakhapatnam city recorded the highest rainfall in the State, at 12 cm, up to 5 pm on Tuesday. Srikakulam received 7 cm, Kakinada 4 cm and Tuni 3 cm. Meteorologists said rainfall intensity was expected to increase from Tuesday night and continue until Wednesday evening across the coastal districts.
According to the IMD, Gopalapatnam in Visakhapatnam city recorded the highest rainfall in the State, at 20 cm, up to 5 pm on Tuesday. Kalingapatnam in Srikakulam district received 10 cm, followed by Kakinada with 4 cm and Tuni with 3 cm.