Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday released Rs 27 crore to 20 districts for relief operations as Cyclone Arnab is expected to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds to the state, while 15 NDRF teams have been deployed across vulnerable locations ahead of the storm's anticipated landfall on October 28.
The IMD said the storm was likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm within the next 12 hours and move northwestwards after the evening of October 27. It is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, by the forenoon of October 28, with maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph, gusting to 140 kmph.
