Very severe Cyclone Arnab remained close to the Andhra Pradesh coast early Wednesday as its landfall process continued, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclone’s northern spiral band had moved further inland, with landfall expected to continue for another three hours.
The storm was located over the west-central Bay of Bengal at 16.4°N and 82.0°E, around 30 km east of Narsapur, 45 km southwest of Yanam, 70 km southwest of Kakinada and 90 km northeast of Machilipatnam.