Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Arnab is likely to move north-northwestwards during next 48 hours and weaken gradually. It will weaken into a cyclonic storm during next 6 hours and further into a Deep Depression during subsequent 6 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its hourly update.
The IMD said the centre of the system lay over the Andhra Pradesh & Yanam coasts near Latitude 16.5°N and Longitude 81.9°E at 08:30 am. The very severe cyclonic storm weakened into a severe cyclonic storm at 08:30 am with wind speed of 110-120 Kmph gusting to 135 Kmph.
The latest observations indicate that the landfall process has been completed with the central region moving completely into land. The Department has also warned of storm surge of about 1.0 m height above astronomical tide very likely to inundate low lying areas of Andhra Pradesh during next three hours and 0.5 to 1 m during subsequent six hours.
Extremely heavy rainfall has been recorded over Andhra Pradesh and very heavy rain over Odisha till 08:30 am today.
