Chennai, Oct. 26 -- The Cyclonic Storm Arnab over the bay intensified into a Severe Cyclonic storm on Monday night, moving towards the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Coasts, sparing Tamil Nadu, and it is likely cross the coast on Wednsday forenoon afger further concentrating into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.

In an updated National bulletin, the IMD said the cyclonic storm "Arnab" over Westcentral and adjoining Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 17 kmph during the past six hours, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centered at 1730 hrs today over Westcentral Bay of Bengal 490 km south-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha), 490 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 560 km east-southeast of K...