India, Oct. 28 -- Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts in the early hours of Wednesday and weakened into a severe cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department said. The National Disaster Response Force confirmed three deaths and damage to 31 houses in Andhra Pradesh.

The storm made landfall near 16.45 degrees north and 81.90 degrees east, about 20 km east-northeast of Narsapur. It lay 40 km southwest of Yanam and 60 km southwest of Kakinada, with peak winds of 135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph.

A 53-year-old man died in Visakhapatnam district on Tuesday night after touching a live wire that had snapped over an agricultural field channel. A 55-year-old woman died in Yellamanchili town of Anakapalli district on Wedn...