Cyclone Arnab ab 'very severe' toofan, Budhvaar subah Yanam ke paas landfall; Andhra mein 53 trains radd, ₹27 crore jaari
IMD ke mutabik toofan Visakhapatnam se lagbhag 350 km door; 115–125 km/h ki hawa aur 140 km/h tak jhonkon ka anuman. Andhra aur Odisha mein school band, machhli pakadne par rok.
Bay of Bengal mein Cyclone Arnab ab 'very severe cyclonic storm' ban gaya hai. ANI ke hawaale se Asianet Newsable ki report ke mutabik Somvaar raat 11:30 baje toofan Visakhapatnam se lagbhag 350 km dakshin-poorv, Kakinada se 420 km aur Odisha ke Gopalpur se 400 km door tha, aur pashchim-uttar-pashchim disha mein badh raha tha. IMD ka anuman hai ki yeh 28 October ki forenoon tak Bapatla aur Visakhapatnam ke beech, Yanam ke paas Andhra coast paar karega. Landfall par hawa 115–125 km/h aur jhonke 140 km/h tak ho sakte hain.
Andhra Pradesh sarkar ne 20 zilon mein rescue aur relief ke liye ₹27 crore jaari kiye hain — Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari samet saat zilon ko ₹2-2 crore. South Coast Railway ne ehtiyaatan 53 trains radd ki hain. PTI ke mutabik rajya mein 15 NDRF teams tainaat hain, lagbhag 4,711 garbhvati mahilaon ko health facilities mein shift kiya ja raha hai, aur samundar mein gaye sabhi machhuaare surakshit laut aaye hain. Beaches band hain aur Mangalvaar dopahar se coastal road par aawajahi rokne ki taiyari hai.
Odisha ne Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput aur Nabarangpur mein 28-29 October ko school-college aur Anganwadi band rakhne ka faisla kiya hai aur samundar mein machhli pakadne par rok lagayi hai. Rajya sarkar ne media se kaha hai ki sirf IMD aur sarkaari sources par bharosa karein, social media ke anumaanon par nahi. Centre ne Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, poorvi UP aur Bihar ko bhi bhaari baarish ke liye alert rehne ko kaha hai.