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India to evacuate thousands as Cyclone Arnab nears eastern coast

Global Published 26 October 2026, 11:34 · archived 26 Oct 2026

BHUBANESWAR: Two states along India’s eastern coast were preparing to evacuate thousandsof people ahead of Cyclone Arnab, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, as one of them said it would close schools in some districts for two days. Arnab, which formed over the Bay of Bengal before intensifying into a cyclonic storm, is expected to make landfall in Andhra Pradesh state by Wednesday morning, with gusts of as much as 140 kph (87 mph), India’s weather office said. The cyclone will probably intensify further, it added. The weather system is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy r...

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