India, Oct. 27 -- Cyclone Arnab intensified into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' over the westcentral Bay of Bengal late on Monday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warning of a potential landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast by the forenoon of October 28.

The storm is expected to cross the coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 115-125 kmph and gusts reaching 140 kmph.

-In its latest bulletin issued at around 9:45 am on Tuesday, the IMD said very severe cyclonic storm Arnab, pronounced "Ornab", moved nearly westwards with a speed of 22 kmph during the preceding six hours, and lay, at 5:30 am, 260 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 300 km east-southeast...