Cyclone Arnab Moving Towards AP Coast
Cyclone Arnab is forecast to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm, bringing heavy rainfall and red alerts to several Andhra Pradesh districts.
Cyclonic storm Arnab brewing over the Bay of Bengal is intensifying into a very severe cyclone and moving towards the AP coast, IMD Amaraati announced on Sunday.
The cyclonic storm would make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam. It would be a very severe cyclonic storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph, gusting to 140kmph by the forenoon of October 28, Wednesday, IMD said.
The weather agency forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over coastal Andhra Pradesh from October 27 to October 29.
IMD issued the red alert (extremely heavy rainfall warning) for Tuesday for Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, and Eluru districts and Yanam in Puducherry, saying the extremely heavy downpour would likely disrupt normal life.
The weather agency also issued an orange alert ( heavy to very heavy rainfall ) on Tuesday for Srikakulam, Parvathipuram Manyam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR), Anakapalli, NTR, Krishna, Guntur and Bapatla districts of coastal AP. Similarly a yellow warning (heavy rainfall) is issued for Tuesday in Palnadu, Prakasam and Nellore districts.
The IMD issued a red alert for Wednesday for Visakhapatnam, ASR, Anakapalle Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, NTR, Krishna, and Guntur districts and Yanam. It issued an orange alert for
Srikakulam, Parvathipuram Manyam, Vizianagaram and Bapatla districts and yellow warning for Palnadu, Prakasam and Nellore districts.
An earlier report said the depression over east central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal moved slightly southeastwards and intensified into a deep depression on Sunday and lay centred about 420km north-northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman Islands), 870km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 960km east-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 1060km east-Southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 1130km east of Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh).
The system is very likely to move nearly southwestwards, and intensify further into a cyclonic storm over east central and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal by Monday, October 26, morning.
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards over the east central and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over the west central Bay of Bengal around Tuesday, October 27, morning.
Thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards, intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm and reach west central Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast around Wednesday, October 28, morning.