🌀 Cyclone Arnab in Kakinada: RED ALERT

Andhra Pradesh · updated 28 Oct 2026, 2:20 PM IST

Arnab crossed the coast near Yanam overnight. It's weaker now and moving inland, but heavy rain and flash floods are still likely today and tomorrow in coastal Andhra, south Odisha and east Telangana.

The storm centre is about 70 km from Kakinada. Moving inland, north-west, towards south Odisha and Chhattisgarh

Landfall zone. Heavy rain, flooding, power cuts. Seawater flooding; Uppada coastal road washed away; trees and poles down.

🏫 Schools shut Oct 27–28 (AP govt order)

☎️ Who to call in Kakinada

📞 Kakinada control room: 0884-2356801 📞 Control room (mobile): 9849903879 🚨 Emergency 112 🚑 Ambulance 108 📞 AP disaster control 1070

🏠 Official safe places

Gadimoga rehabilitation centre, Thallarevu mandal

📍 Open the live desk for Kakinada: map, wind, shelters near you

🏥 Shelters and hospitals near Kakinada

🏥 GOVT.HOSPITAL PITHAPURAM government hospital · 13 km from Kakinada town	🧭 Directions
🏥 Government Hospital Katravulapalli government hospital · 23 km from Kakinada town	🧭 Directions
🏥 Government General Hospital government hospital · 29 km from Kakinada town	📞 8842321224 🧭 Directions

From OpenStreetMap (government hospitals and mapped cyclone shelters). Distances are from Kakinada town. For distances from where you are, use the live desk.

🚆 Trains cancelled or affected

12703	Howrah → Secunderabad (Falaknuma Exp) Oct 29	Cancelled
12704	Secunderabad → Howrah (Falaknuma Exp) Oct 27	Cancelled
12728	Hyderabad → Visakhapatnam (Godavari Exp) Oct 27	Cancelled
12727	Visakhapatnam → Hyderabad (Godavari Exp) Oct 28	Cancelled
12740	Secunderabad → Visakhapatnam (Garib Rath) Oct 27	Cancelled
12739	Visakhapatnam → Secunderabad (Garib Rath) Oct 28	Cancelled
12738	Lingampalli → Kakinada Port (Gowthami Exp) Oct 27	Cancelled
12737	Kakinada Port → Lingampalli (Gowthami Exp) Oct 28	Cancelled

See all 55 trains by number → · Railway enquiry: 139

📰 Latest updates

2:05 pm Telangana (IMD/TGiCCC alert): heavy to very heavy rain likely in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet; heavy rain in Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Mahabubabad, Warangal, Hanumakonda. Gusts 50–70 km/h. · NDMA SACHET
1:30 pm AP SDMA: rough sea, waves 0.9–2.3 m along the coast from 5:30 pm today to 5:30 pm Thursday. Fishermen and tourists stay off beaches. · NDMA SACHET (APSDMA)
1:10 pm AP: 3 deaths reported, 31 houses damaged, about 57,000 people in relief camps. 38 evacuated from Yanam overnight. NDRF: north AP and south Odisha worst hit; no serious impact in Odisha so far. · Business Standard / PTI
11:51 am Odisha: landfall took ~6.5 hours, ending around 8:30 am. Storm expected to cross Malkangiri tonight as a deep depression. Heaviest rain: Mahendragiri (Gajapati) 249.9 mm, Pottangi (Koraput) 188 mm. · Kalinga TV / IMD Bhubaneswar
9:20 am Konaseema collector: about 6,000 electric poles uprooted in the district. Power will be restored once winds ease. · The South First
11:10 am Vizag: power back in parts of the city after a long cut; APEPDCL and GVMC crews working through north Andhra. · The Hans India

☎️ Helplines

📞 Emergency (police, fire, ambulance): 112 📞 Ambulance: 108 📞 Railway enquiry: 139 📞 Disaster control room: 1070 📞 Disaster helpline (toll-free): 1800 425 0101 📞 Mana Mitra WhatsApp (send 'Hi'): 9552300009 📞 Power complaints (APEPDCL): 1912 📞 GVMC Visakhapatnam (toll-free): 1800-425-0009

Other districts

Kakinada · Yanam · Konaseema · East Godavari · West Godavari · Eluru · Krishna · Visakhapatnam · Anakapalli · Alluri Sitharama Raju · Vizianagaram · Srikakulam · Malkangiri · Koraput · Nabarangpur · Rayagada · Gajapati · Ganjam · Kalahandi · Khammam · Bhadradri Kothagudem · Mulugu · Mahabubabad · Suryapet · Nalgonda · Hyderabad

Verified by Spill's agents from official statements and established outlets. In an emergency call 112.