Cyclone Arnab Moves Northwest, To Weaken By Midnight: IMD
Cyclonic Storm Arnab, which weakened from a severe cyclonic storm, was centred over coastal Andhra Pradesh and the adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal on Wednesday evening.
By : ANI
Update: 2026-10-29 06:20 GMT
New Delhi: Cyclonic Storm Arnab, which weakened from a severe cyclonic storm, was centred over coastal Andhra Pradesh and the adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday evening and is likely to weaken further into a deep depression by midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.The IMD said the storm moved north-northwestwards at a speed of 8 kmph over the past six hours before weakening into a cyclonic storm.The weather department said the storm is likely to continue moving north-northwestwards over the next 24 hours. It is very likely to weaken into a deep depression by midnight on Wednesday and weaken gradually thereafter.
In a post on X, the IMD said, “Cyclonic Storm “Arnab” over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal—Red Message. The severe cyclonic storm “Arnab” over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal, moved slowly north-northwestwards with the speed of 8 kmph during past 6 hours, weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 28th October, over the same region near latitude 17.0°N and longitude 81.7°E, about 60 km north of Narsapur (Andhra Pradesh), 60 km west-northwest of Yanam (Puducherry UT), 60 km west of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 100 km west-southwest of Tuni (Andhra Pradesh), 110 km north-northeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 110 km east-northeast of Gannavaram (Andhra Pradesh).”
“Continuing to move north-northwestwards during next 24 hours, it is very likely to weaken into a Deep Depression by midnight of today, the 28th October, 2026 and weaken gradually thereafter. The system is under continuous surveillance of the Doppler Weather Radar at Machilipatnam,” the post read.