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Cyclone Arnab hit India’s east coast with winds of up to 150 kph, resulting in five fatalities, widespread power outages, and severe flooding, prompting extensive evacuations and emergency measures

The storm has brought powerful winds and torrential rain to Andhra Pradesh, disrupting electricity and transport, while authorities warn of coastal flooding and further heavy rainfall

Heavy rain lashed eight Andhra Pradesh districts, raising flood risks and threatening crop damage across 7.16 lakh hectares of farmland.

The cyclone intensified rapidly over the Bay of Bengal before making landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast. What role did El Niño play in its strength and track?

Cyclone Arnab is expected to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 28. Odisha and Andhra Pradesh shut schools, ban fishing and mobilise rescue teams as Jharkhand and Bengal brace for heavy rain.

A storm-surge alert has been issued for the coasts of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry, with water levels expected to rise 1-2 metres above the astronomical tide.

Cyclone Arnab LIVE Tracker: The IMD has forecast heavy rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Yanam in Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Kerala, Mahe, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Telangana on Tuesday and Wednesday

With landfall expected on October 28, Andhra Pradesh moves people from vulnerable areas and deploys disaster response teams; Odisha mobilises ministers to oversee preparedness in six high-risk districts

The 19-month-old male cub was rescued from the Morena forest division and taken to Kuno for treatment; officials are investigating whether it was injured in an animal encounter or a human being had a role to play in it

Meanwhile, Cyclone Arnab is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast near Yanam with wind gusts up to 140 kmph by Wednesday forenoon, the IMD warned.

The IMD has forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha through October 29

Elections to 28 seats across the Legislative Councils of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka were held on October 23

MEERUT, India (AP) — Police have publicized the shootings as part of a broad crackdown on crime and characterize them as acts of self-defense.

Arnab, which formed over the Bay of Bengal before intensifying into a ⁠cyclonic storm, is expected ​to ⁠make landfall in Andhra Pradesh by Wednesday morning

The disclosure comes against the backdrop of a departmental review in which Dubey confronted municipal officials over discrepancies in the payments made for goods procured by them.

Forming as the first Bay of Bengal cyclone of 2026 during an El Niño year, Cyclone Arnab is expected to intensify into a severe storm, putting coastal Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha on high alert for heavy rainfall.

Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti is observed to mark the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki, who composed the Indian epic Ramayana and is regarded as the Adi Kavi, or first poet, in Sanskrit literature.

With a depression over the Bay of Bengal likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Monday, heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast in southern districts; 60 ODRAF, 17 NDRF and 225 fire service teams put on alert.

ITBP Director-General Shatrujeet Kapur's comments came a month after India and China held talks amid reports of tensions in Arunachal Pradesh’s Taksing.