Cyclone Arnab

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Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Arnab was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected South and East India. It was the eighth depression and the first cyclone of the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, and the strongest post-monsoon cyclone of the Bay of Bengal since 2014. The system meandered the Bay of Bengal as a low-pressure area born on 24 October before strengthening into the Cyclonic Storm Arnab on 26 October. Undergoing rapid intensification, Arnab became a Very Severe Cyclonic storm during its westward trajectory towards the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula on 27 October. In response, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha evacuated 180,000 people from coastal areas, ordered schools and colleges closed, suspended trains and flights in high-risk areas, and mobilised the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Coast Guard. Fed by its interaction with a nearby tropical disturbance, Arnab made a stalled landfall on 28 October between Kakinada and Konaseema districts...

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