Vijayawada, Oct. 27 -- The Cyclone 'Arnab' is heading towards the Andhra Pradesh coast with expected landfall in the early hours on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Authority MD Prakhar Jain in a release said that outer periphery of the cyclone is beginning to make contact with the coastline and it is expected to make full landfall between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM on Wednesday.
The severe cyclonic storm has moved at a speed of 18 kmph over the last 6 hours. Currently it lay centered 170 km from Visakhapatnam, 90 km from Kakinada, 170 km from Machilipatnam, and 240 km from Bapatla and it is expected to bring heavy to very heavy rainfall across several districts until tomorrow morning.
According to the IMD bulletin, the very severe...