Cyclone Arnab LIVE Tracker : The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Chhattisgarh and Odisha on Tuesday and Wednesday as “very severe” cyclonic storm Arnab hovers over the west-central Bay of Bengal and is likely to make landfall within the next 24 hours. Both the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha governments have stepped up preparations, and people have been moved to safer locations as a precautionary measure, while Chhattisgarh officials are on high alert.

In a statement, the weather department said, “The very severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved nearly west-northwestwards with a speed of 20 kmph during the past 6 hours, and lay centered at 1130 hrs IST of today, October 27, over the same region near latitude 16.2°N and longitude 83.7°E, about 170 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 180 km east-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 270 km east of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 350 km east of Bapatla…