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Cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’, which arose in the Bay of Bengal, is now turning into a ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ while moving rapidly in the north-west direction. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), this cyclonic system will gain tremendous speed over the sea on October 27 and as it progresses, a dense layer of clouds will cover vast areas of coastal and peninsular India. Stormy winds of 60 to 100 kilometers per hour have started blowing in the sea, due to which waves have started rising 4 to 5 meters high in the coastal areas. Even before hitting the coast of Andhra Pradesh on October 28, the widespread impact of this storm will be visible on the weather of 10 major states of the country on October 27.
The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of widespread rain, lightning and stormy winds in 10 states of the country for October 27. The most sensitive place in this list Andhra Pradesh And Odisha Where red and orange alerts have been issued in the coastal districts warning of ‘extremely heavy rainfall’. simultaneously Tamil Nadu, Puducherry/YanamAnd Telangana A period of heavy rain will begin along with lightning. Due to the moist easterly winds arising from the cyclone being drawn into the interior parts west bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar And East Madhya Pradesh Dense clouds and moderate to heavy rains with strong winds at many places are expected to start from the afternoon of 27th October.
Being closest to Cyclone ‘Arnab’, coastal Andhra Pradesh (especially Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Bapatla, Machilipatnam) and Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri districts of South Odisha will start experiencing torrential rains and strong gusty winds at the speed of 50 to 70 km per hour from the morning of 27 October. Dozens of NDRF and SDRF teams have been deployed in coastal areas in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to deal with the emergency. The process of shifting people from low-lying areas to relief camps has been expedited and orders have been given to keep schools and colleges closed in sensitive coastal areas. Fishermen have been given strict instructions not to enter the sea till October 29.
In the states of Central and Eastern India like Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and eastern areas of Uttar Pradesh, the wind direction will change to moist easterly from October 27. Due to its effect, bright sunlight will disappear during the day and the sky will be covered with clouds. Rain activities with thunder and lightning will intensify in the border districts of Bihar and Jharkhand in the afternoon. Due to continuous clouds and drizzle, the day temperature in these states may drop by 3 to 6 degrees Celsius, which will provide complete relief from the sultry heat and a slight coolness will be felt in the evening. Whereas in the north-western plains like Delhi-NCR, Haryana and Punjab, the weather will be mainly dry, but due to change in the direction of winds, light fog and slight softening of temperature will be seen.
In view of the cyclonic rains occurring during this important time of October, agricultural scientists have alerted the farmers. Farmers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal have been advised to take the harvested paddy crop to safe places and cover the produce kept in the open in grain markets with tarpaulin. Make arrangements in advance to drain water from the fields in case of waterlogging during a storm. Additionally, due to inclement weather and low visibility, operation of many trains and flights passing through coastal Andhra and Odisha may be affected, hence general passengers are advised to check the updates of Railways and Airlines before starting the journey and avoid going in open fields or under trees during lightning.