New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that Cyclone Arnab, which has been categorised as a very severe cyclonic storm, has started making landfall in Andhra Pradesh. According to the IMD, Cyclone Arnab made landfall between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, to the south of Yanam and the process is expected to continue for the next three hours.

The IMD, in its latest update, said that the cyclone maintains a core intensity of 125 to 135 kmph, gusting up to 150 kmph. Having moved northwestwards at 3 kmph over the past three hours, the storm is expected to move slowly northwestwards initially before tracking north-northwestwards.

In the wake of the landfall, multiple trees were uprooted and power lines ...