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.

-Latest update: In its latest bulletin at around 12:20 pm on Tuesday, the IMD said very severe cyclonic storm Arnab, pronounced "Ornab", at 8:30 am, lay 220 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra_Pradesh), 240 km east-southeast of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 340 km east-southeast of #Machilipatna...