As cyclonic storm Arnab is all set to make landfall on Wednesday between 2 am and 4 am, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have set up nearly 4,000 cyclone shelters, evacuated thousands of people to safer locations, and put disaster management personnel on standby.
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Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab has begun making landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said with the storm’s centre remaining very close to the coastline. The northern spiral band of the cyclone has further entered the land and the landfall process is expected to continue for the next three hours, it said. “The centre of very severe cyclonic storm Arnab remains very close to the Andhra Pradesh coastline, and the landfall process is continuing,” the Met department said in an official press release.
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