Cyclone Arnab makes landfall in India’s Andhra Pradesh

Authorities evacuate 180,000 radical arsenic terrible tempest causes flooding, disrupting flights and bid schedules.

Cyclone Arnab has made landfall connected India’s eastbound coast, causing wide harm and bringing dense rainfall and upwind speeds of up to 135kph (84mph).

Trees fell onto highways and powerfulness supplies were disrupted aft Arnab crossed into Andhra Pradesh aboriginal connected Wednesday morning.

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At slightest 180,000 radical were evacuated from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states a time earlier. Flights and bid services were cancelled, and immoderate schools were forced to close.

A conveyance damaged by a fallen histrion pursuing Cyclone Arnab, successful Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, connected October 28 [Stringer/Reuters]

Authorities accidental much than 12 cardinal radical unrecorded successful the cyclone’s expected path.

No casualties person been reported truthful far.

One nonmigratory of Kakinada territory successful Andhra Pradesh, which lies successful the storm’s path, said: “No 1 knew whose location the h2o would unreserved into adjacent oregon whose location would beryllium submerged.”

India’s Meteorological Department forecast a tempest surge of up to 1.5m supra the tide level, informing that it was apt to submerge low-lying areas successful Andhra Pradesh.

Motorcyclists navigate floodwaters successful Kakinada, India, connected Wednesday, October 28, 2026 [Mahesh Kumar A/AP]

‘Very terrible cyclonic storm’

Arnab made landfall arsenic a “very terrible cyclonic storm” – the third-highest class connected its scale, earlier being downgraded to “severe” aft moving further inland.

In neighbouring Nepal, authorities warned tourists connected Tuesday not to participate high-altitude areas implicit fears Arnab could trigger torrential downpours, snowstorms and avalanches from Thursday done to Saturday.

Reuters quality bureau reported that authorities suspended issuing trekking permits for 3 days.

This is highest hiking play successful Nepal, with astir 750 hikers receiving permits daily.

Nepal is inactive recovering from a catastrophic glacial upland illness successful August, which killed much than 1,400 radical and near astatine slightest 5,000 missing.

Sri Lanka has besides closed schools, with its Department of Meteorology informing the tempest could trigger flash floods and landslides.