The Economic Times

Andhra Pradesh releases Rs 27 crore for Cyclone Arnab relief operations, deploys 15 NDRF teams

The IMD said the storm was likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm within the next 12 hours and move northwestwards after the evening of October 27. It is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, by the forenoon of October 28, with maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph, gusting to 140 kmph.