Cyclone Arnab Nears India's Eastern Coast: Andhra Pradesh Lists 570,000 People as Vulnerable, Evacuations Start Monday Evening, Landfall Expected Wednesday Morning
NEW DELHI — Two states along India's eastern coast were preparing to evacuate thousands of people ahead of Cyclone Arnab, which formed over the Bay of Bengal and intensified into a cyclonic storm. It is expected to make landfall in Andhra Pradesh state by Wednesday morning, with gusts of as much as 140 kph (87 mph), India's weather office said, adding that the cyclone will probably intensify further.
A senior Andhra Pradesh disaster management official told Reuters on Monday that the state government had identified 570,000 people as vulnerable and that evacuations would start on Monday evening. Andhra Pradesh has called for boats at sea to return ashore and ordered speedy restoration of power in case of disruptions.
The weather system is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy rainfall to Andhra Pradesh's northern and central coastal districts and southern regions of neighbouring Odisha. Odisha's government announced the closure of schools and colleges in five districts for Tuesday and Wednesday and said it was preparing to move residents of low-lying areas to cyclone shelters. Reuters noted that the Bay of Bengal is one of the world's major regions for tropical cyclones.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 气旋卫星图（资料图，非本次气旋实况）。Cyclone satellite image (file photo, not the current storm). Source: NASA
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