Panchkula, Oct. 26 -- Cyclonic storm Arnab, which formed over the Bay of Bengal on Monday, is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm before crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 28, with winds gusting up to 140 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest morning bulletin.
The storm is forecast to cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam by Wednesday forenoon, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 115-125 kmph, gusting to 140 kmph.
According to the IMD's All India Weather Summary and Forecast Bulletin issued at 8.47 a.m. on Monday, the storm was centred at 5.30 a.m. over the east-central and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, approximately 650 km east-sout...