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Cyclone Arnab kills five in India
Published : Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Observer Online Report
At least five people have died in separate incidents linked to Cyclone Arnab after it made landfall along the coast of Andhra Pradesh in India early on Wednesday.
The deaths were reported in Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Konaseema and West Godavari districts. Some victims were electrocuted, while others died after trees fell on them.
In a bulletin issued at 9:50 AM on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the very severe cyclonic storm had crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts. Under the IMD's classification, a very severe cyclonic storm is the third-highest category.
The storm's centre was located about 20 kilometres east of Narsapur, 40 kilometres south-southwest of Yanam, 60 kilometres south-southwest of Kakinada and 90 kilometres east-northeast of Machilipatnam, according to the bulletin.
The IMD said the storm's centre had completely crossed onto land. During landfall, the maximum sustained wind speed was 125–135 kilometres per hour, with gusts reaching 150 kilometres per hour.
The storm weakened from a very severe cyclonic storm to a severe cyclonic storm around 8:30 AM on Wednesday, the weather agency said.
Cyclone Arnab triggered heavy rainfall across several districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. More than 180,000 people were evacuated to safer locations in the two states ahead of the storm.
Visakhapatnam recorded the highest rainfall in Andhra Pradesh, at 315 millimetres up to 8:30 AM on Wednesday. Vijayanagaram received 301mm, Anakapalli 275mm, Srikakulam 257mm and Krishna district 223mm.
In Odisha, Koraput recorded 188mm of rainfall, Ganjam 161mm and Gajapati 135mm.
Several airlines cancelled flights to Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada on Wednesday. Power supplies were disrupted, numerous trees were uprooted, some educational institutions were closed and several train services were cancelled.
Heavy rainfall was expected to continue across parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Wednesday and Thursday, officials said.
Bangladesh proposed the name Arnab, which was included in the list approved by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) panel on tropical cyclones in 2020. The Bengali word 'Arnab' refers to the sea or ocean.
The naming list for tropical cyclones in the North Indian Ocean contains names proposed by 13 countries: Bangladesh, India, Iran, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Each country proposed 13 names, bringing the total to 169. The names are used sequentially for cyclones forming over the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and other parts of the North Indian Ocean.
Naming cyclones helps identify individual storms, communicate their movements and reduce confusion when multiple storms occur at the same time.
source: NDTV
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