{
  "id": 17004408,
  "title": "Arnab Strikes India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/arnab-strikes-india",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/arnab-strikes-india/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season kicked off with the emergence of the first named storm, Arnab, in the Bay of Bengal on October 25. This was a rather late start for a region that usually sees named cyclones forming in April or May. The VIIRS instrument aboard NOAA-20 captured a nighttime image of the storm on October 26 at 20:12 Universal Time (1:42 a.m. India Standard Time on October 27). At the time, Arnab was spinning with sustained winds of approximately 140 kilometers (85 miles) per hour, according to the Earth Observatory's image of the day.",
  "summary": "The first named storm of the North Indian Ocean’s cyclone season made landfall along the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The post Arnab Strikes India appeared first on NASA Science .",
  "key_points": [
    "First named storm Arnab emerges in Bay of Bengal on October 25.",
    "VIIRS captures nighttime image of storm on October 26.",
    "Arnab spinning with sustained winds of 140 km/h at time."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The unseasonable arrival of Arnab signals a departure from the typical spring cyclone pattern for the North Indian Ocean, forcing regional monitoring systems to respond to an early seasonal shift.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}