India, Oct. 28 -- Cyclone Arnab, after making landfall in Andhra Pradesh, is likely to move northward.

This could bring heavy rain and strong winds in coastal West Bengal districts.

IMD predicts weakening of the cyclone over the next 48 hours.

West Bengal coasts that fall within the outer fringe of Arnab are likely to receive heavy rainfall and strong winds. After the cyclone made a landfall in Andhra Pradesh on October 28, it is likely to move north. "However, we do not expect any major skirmishes," H R Biswas head of Alipore regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Kolkata, tells Down To Earth (DTE) on October 28.

IMD's 9.30 am bulletin had earlier confirmed that ". the landfall process has been completed with the c...