Very Severe Cyclonic Storm crosses AP coast, weakens into Severe Cyclonic Storm

Chennai, Oct 28 (UNI) The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm "Arnab" crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts at 0800 hrs on Wednesday morning, before it weakened into a Severe Cyclonic Storm. In a National bulletin, the IMD said the Cyclone ARNAB crossed Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts about 20 km East-northeast of Narsapur, 40 Km Southwestof Yanam and 60 km Southwest of Kakinada between 0200 hrs and 0800 hours today as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with the maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph and gusting up to 150 kmph. The latest observations indicate that the landfallprocess has been…