The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued orange alerts for heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across coastal districts of West Bengal as Cyclone Arnab is expected to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday forenoon. Authorities have advised fishermen to stay ashore and announced cancellations of select trains between October 27 and 29.

Districts along or adjacent to the Bay of Bengal coast, such as East Midnapore, West Midnapore, and Jhargram, have been placed under orange alert and are expected to receive heavy rain up to 5-15 cm in the afternoon, and light thunderstorms with maximum surface wind speeds of less than 40 kmph.…