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AP: Cyclone Arnab to make landfall between 2 am and 4 am on Wednesday

Vijayawada, Oct 27 (UNI) The Cyclone 'Arnab' is heading towards the Andhra Pradesh coast with expected landfall in the early hours on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Authority MD Prakhar Jain in a release said that outer periphery of the cyclone is beginning to make contact with the coastline and it is expected to make full landfall between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM on Wednesday.
The severe cyclonic storm has moved at a speed of 18 kmph over the last 6 hours. Currently it lay centered 170 km from Visakhapatnam, 90 km from Kakinada, 170 km from Machilipatnam, and 240 km from Bapatla and it is expected to bring heavy to very heavy rainfall across several districts until tomorrow morning.
According to the IMD bulletin, the very severe cyclonic storm 'Arnab' over West Central Bay of Bengal moved west-northwest 'wards with a speed of 18 kmph during the past 6 hours, and lay centred over the same region near southeast of Kakinada.
It is very likely to move nearly west-northwestwards during next few hours, then northwestwards and would cross the coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to south of Yanam as a very severe cyclonic storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph by forenoon of October 28. UNI DP CDS
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