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🌀 Cyclone Arnab in Visakhapatnam: 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 196 km from Visakhapatnam. Moving inland, north-west, towards south Odisha and Chhattisgarh
Landfall zone. Heavy rain, flooding, power cuts. Fallen trees on Beach Road, Seethammadhara; 200 mm+ rain. GVMC toll-free 1800-425-0009.
🏫 Schools shut Oct 27–28 (AP govt order)
☎️ Who to call in Visakhapatnam
🏠 Official safe places
- 46 relief centres open; 283 people sheltered (Oct 27–28)
🏥 Shelters and hospitals near Visakhapatnam
| 🏥 NTR Government Hospital,Anakapalle government hospital · 22 km from Visakhapatnam town | 📞 08932-223340 🧭 Directions |
| 🏠 Eenadu HudHud Cyclone Shelters cyclone shelter · 24 km from Visakhapatnam town | 🧭 Directions |
| 🏥 Government Hospital, Munagapaka government hospital · 25 km from Visakhapatnam town | 📞 8924257766 🧭 Directions |
| 🏥 Government Hospital,Viyyampeta government hospital · 27 km from Visakhapatnam town | 🧭 Directions |
| 🏥 Government Hospital, K Kotapadu government hospital · 29 km from Visakhapatnam town | 📞 08934-241041 🧭 Directions |
| 🏥 Government Hospital,Bheemili government hospital · 33 km from Visakhapatnam town | 🧭 Directions |
From OpenStreetMap (government hospitals and mapped cyclone shelters). Distances are from Visakhapatnam 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
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