Mumbai, India, Oct 27, 2026 (AFP) - India braces for Cyclone Arnab with evacuations

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Indian authorities ordered evacuations in southwestern Andhra Pradesh ahead of a severe cyclone expected to make landfall by Wednesday, the national weather office said. Cyclone Arnab is forecast to hit the coast as a "very severe cyclonic storm", with gusts of up to 140 kilometres (87 miles) per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a bulletin on Tuesday. Cyclones, called hurricanes in the North Atlantic and typhoons in the Pac......

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