Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic Storm Arnab over the Bay of Bengal has come closer to the Odisha-Andhra coast, the IMD said in its latest bulletin issued at 08:30 am today.
According to the IMD, the cyclonic storm over eastcentral and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal moved westwards with a speed of 15 kmph during the last 6 hours and lay centered at 0:830 am today over the same region near latitude 15.4°N and longitude 88.5°E.
At present, it is 580 km southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha), 610 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and 620 km northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman Islands).
The system is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over westcentral Bay of Bengal by midnight of today and into a very severe cyclonic storm over the same region on October 27. Thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh & Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam close to Yanam as a very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph by forenoon of October 28.
The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the sea and has warned of heavy rainfall and strong winds along the South Odisha and North Andhra coast.
