Overview
- The storm made landfall on Wednesday, Oct. 28, between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam on the Andhra Pradesh/Yanam coast with sustained winds of roughly 115–140 km/h and gusts to about 140 km/h.
- IMD recorded an unusual several-hour stationary phase over the west-central Bay of Bengal before landfall and meteorologists say competing atmospheric systems — strong westerlies, a developing Bay low and circulation near Myanmar — likely disrupted the cyclone’s steering.
- State authorities evacuated more than 10,000 people from vulnerable coastal areas as a precaution and local reports describe uprooted trees, flooded homes, damaged crops and interruptions to transport and power on the Andhra and Odisha coasts.
- By Oct. 29 the cyclone’s core weakened inland and IMD and INSAT-3DS imagery show its remnants became a well-marked low over central Chhattisgarh and adjoining Odisha that is now producing widespread rainfall across eastern and central India.
- Forecasters are monitoring a separate low forming over the South Andaman Sea that keeps the Bay of Bengal active and that, together with Arnab’s moisture, could prolong heavy rain and localized flooding in the region.