The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a cyclone alert for the Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts, warning that a system over the east-central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm by October 28, 2026.
According to the IMD, the system is very likely to initially move southwards before gradually recurving and intensifying into a cyclonic storm by the morning of October 26.
The weather system is then expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm on October 27 before intensifying further into a very severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal, near the Andhra Pradesh coast, by the morning of October 28.
The IMD has forecast that the cyclone is
very likely to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam by the forenoon of October 28.
At the time of landfall, the system is expected to have maximum sustained wind speeds of 115-125 kmph, with gusts reaching up to 140 kmph.
