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South Odisha on alert as cyclone Arnab intensifies

Bhubaneswar, Oct 26 (UNI) Cyclone Arnab is likely to bring gusty winds of up to 80 kmph to southern Odisha districts on October 28, with rough seas expected along the coast from the previous evening, as the storm intensifies over the Bay of Bengal before crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
The cyclonic storm, moving west-northwestwards at 15 kmph, was centred over the east-central and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, southeast of Gopalpur, in the latest IMD bulletin. It is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Monday evening and a very severe cyclonic storm on October 27.
The system is forecast to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, by the forenoon of October 28, packing maximum sustained winds of 115-125 kmph and gusts up to 140 kmph.
Squally winds of 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, are likely along and off the south Odisha coast from the morning of October 27. These may strengthen to 50-60 kmph, gusting to 70 kmph, from that evening until noon on October 28.
Interior districts, including Ganjam, Gajapati, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri, may experience winds of 60-70 kmph, gusting to 80 kmph, from the early hours of October 28.
The IMD has forecast rough to very rough sea conditions along the south Odisha coast from the evening of October 27 to October 28 and advised fishermen not to venture into the sea along and off the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts from October 27 to 29.
Paradip and Dhamra ports have been asked to hoist Distant Warning Signal-II, while Puri and Gopalpur ports will hoist Local Warning Signal-IV.
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