Cyclone Arnab alert: IMD forecasts landfall in Andhra Pradesh on Oct 28
A severe cyclonic storm is expected to make landfall in north Andhra Pradesh, India, on October 28, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The storm, currently a depression located 470 km north-northwest of Sri Vijay Puram in the Andaman Islands, is projected to intensify into a cyclonic storm with sustained wind speeds of 115 km/h to 125 km/h, gusting up to 140 km/h.
The system is expected to move southwards and recurve northwestwards, developing into a cyclonic storm over west-central Bay of Bengal by October 27. In response to the advancing system, schools, colleges, and Anganwadi centres in five southern Odisha districts bordering Andhra Pradesh will remain closed on October 28 and 29, and several coastal districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall.
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