Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:20pm on 26 Oct 2026,Monday Weather & Environment
Cyclone Arnab is moving across the Bay of Bengal towards Andhra Pradesh’s coast, with landfall expected on the morning of October 28, 2026, according to the India Today report. The Centre has alerted Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry and stepped up preparedness as heavy rain threatens affected regions. The India Meteorological Department said the storm was centred over the east-central and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal at 5:30 am on Monday, around 650 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam, moving westwards at 15 kmph. It is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Monday midnight and a very severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday, with wind gusts reaching 140 kmph. (PC: PTI)
