Cyclone Arnab brings destructive winds to India's eastern coast
Coastal Andhra Pradesh remains under threat in the broadcast, with high waves reported around Yanam and Kakinada.
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Cyclone Arnab Alert LIVE Updates: चक्रवाती तूफान अर्नब का रौद्र रूप, तटीय इलाकों में मचाई तबाही
Cyclone Arnab has uprooted coconut palms and brought high waves and rain to parts of India's eastern coast, according to Indian Hindi-language news channel Aaj Tak. Its coastal alert report describes effects across Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and the union territory of Puducherry.
The channel identifies Yanam and Kakinada as places experiencing particularly high waves. Kakinada is a port city on Andhra Pradesh's Bay of Bengal coast. Yanam, although surrounded by Andhra Pradesh, belongs administratively to Puducherry, whose separate districts are scattered across different parts of India.
In a separate report published the same day, the broadcaster says several people have died, dozens of homes have been damaged and hundreds of villages in Andhra Pradesh have suffered damage. It says authorities are carrying out relief and rescue operations.
The alert broadcast cites an early-morning bulletin warning that danger persists along coastal Andhra Pradesh. Its account centers on damaging winds, rough seas and rainfall, with the coastal warning still in place at the time of that bulletin.
An active but weakening cyclone that made landfall in southern and eastern India. It is the first cyclone of the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
More on Wikipedia ›A state on India's southeastern coast, bordering the Bay of Bengal. Its capital is Amaravati, and Telugu is its official language.
More on Wikipedia ›A state in eastern India, north of Andhra Pradesh, with a 485-kilometre coastline on the Bay of Bengal. It was officially spelled Orissa until 2011.
More on Wikipedia ›An Indian union territory made up of four geographically separate districts that were formerly French territories. It was officially known as Pondicherry until 2006.
More on Wikipedia ›A town belonging to Puducherry but entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was a French colony for nearly 200 years before joining India in 1954.
More on Wikipedia ›A port city on the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kakinada district.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Aaj Tak
- Subscribers
- 75,700,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 9,330,972
- Video published
- October 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 765,539 (less than a day online)
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- 757,065
The numbers
The cyclone alert drew roughly 760,000 views since yesterday, placing it among India's most-watched new news videos.
