Days after Arnab, Andhra Pradesh braces for another cyclone

Just a week after 'severe cyclone' Arnab devastated the Andhra Pradesh coastline, the state must now prepare for another cyclone. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that a new cyclone will form in the southeast Bay of Bengal and make landfall between Nellore and Narsapur early on November 3. On Saturday, a clearly marked low-pressure system had emerged in the southeast Bay of Bengal, near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

It quickly intensified into a depression and began moving in a west-northwest direction. According to the IMD, this system is expected to strengthen into a deep depression around midnight on Sunday, November 2. The system is forecast to further intensify into a cyclonic storm over the southeast and west-central Bay of Bengal on Sunday.

By evening on November 2, it is predicted to make landfall near the Andhra Pradesh coast, bringing with it winds of 100 to 110 km per hour, gusting up to 120 km per hour. The cyclone is expected to traverse the southern Andhra Pradesh coastline as a 'severe' cyclonic storm, bringing rainfall of 115mm to 200mm or more over the course of 24 hours.