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Cyclone Arnab: Andhra counts its losses as floods and landslides hit southern Odisha
Two days after landfall, rivers have crossed danger marks in Odisha and a key stretch of NH-16 is under water. The IMD expects a fresh depression by October 31.
Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast early on Wednesday, October 28, as a "very severe cyclonic storm" with winds of up to 135 km/h, before weakening as it moved inland. Two days later, its effects are still spreading north.
Andhra Pradesh was the worst-hit state. Kakinada and Visakhapatnam were among the areas battered by wind and rain, and some places recorded more than 200 mm of rainfall. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has put the death toll in the state at seven and preliminary losses at about Rs 4,600 crore, according to reports on Friday. On the day of landfall, the National Disaster Response Force had confirmed three deaths.
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