Cyclone Arnab

Andhra Pradesh (Rajeev Sharma): Coastal Andhra Pradesh faced heavy rain and powerful winds on Wednesday as very severe cyclonic storm Arnab continued its landfall, with the storm’s centre remaining close to the coastline, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported. According to the weather agency, the cyclone’s northern spiral band had advanced further inland, while the landfall process was expected to continue for approximately three more hours. The system was moving northwestwards and was likely to cross the coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, near the south of Yanam. The IMD placed the cyclone over the west-central Bay of Bengal at approximately…