India, Oct. 27 -- Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said the State government was fully prepared to deal with the impact of Cyclone Arnab, which has been categorised as a red-alert weather system, and appealed to people not to panic but to follow safety instructions issued by the authorities.

Addressing a press conference at his camp office in the evening, Naidu said the next few hours would be crucial, as the cyclone was expected to cross the coast by Wednesday morning in the stretch between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, near Yanam. Follow LIVE Updates

The cyclone is expected to affect a large stretch of the Andhra Pradesh coastline, from Srikakulam to Bapatla, with particularly heavy rainfall and strong winds f...