Cyclone Arnab Slams India! Giant Waves Hit Chennai Highway, Coastal Road Washed Away

Very severe Cyclone Arnab crossed India's east coast near Narsapur, southwest of Yanam, between 2 and 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, with winds of 125–135 km/h and gusts up to 150 km/h (India Meteorological Department). The evening before, storm waves crashed over the Ennore Expressway in Chennai, about 400 km to the south. At least three people were killed in Andhra Pradesh, the coastal road at Uppada was washed away, and a cargo ship carrying sulfur drifted and ran aground near Antarvedi. More than 100,000 people were moved to shelters in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Figures as of Wednesday afternoon, October 28, 2026. 📍 Narsapur / Yanam: the storm's center came ashore and stayed practically stationary for about 3 hours (IMD, 8:45 a.m. bulletin) 📍 Uppada, Kakinada district: the coastal road "completely washed away" (Kakinada police chief G. Bindu Madhav); hundreds of trees and fewer than 100 power poles down 📍 Antarvedi: a sulfur cargo ship from Visakhapatnam lost propulsion, drifted and ran aground (port officials via ANI) 📍 Konaseema: banana plantations and rice fields flattened; 764 villages affected across Andhra Pradesh (NDRF) 📍 Bhimavaram: a 46-year-old man killed by a falling tree; two people electrocuted in Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts 📍 Andhra Pradesh: at least 180 houses damaged, 220 trees down (Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's letter to the central government); the NDRF reported 3 deaths, while the chief minister's letter reported none 📍 Ennore, Chennai: waves over the expressway on Tuesday evening, October 27 📍 Nepal: trekking permits in high Himalayan areas suspended October 29–31 📍 Same coast, same date: Cyclone Montha came ashore near Kakinada on October 28, 2025 (gusts up to 110 km/h) 0:00 Waves hit a Chennai highway 0:44 Landfall near Narsapur 1:25 Uppada's coastal road washed away 2:39 Konaseema: crops flattened 3:19 How fast Arnab grew 3:55 Arnab from space 4:17 The sulfur ship at Antarvedi 5:01 Three people killed 5:47 Why the toll stayed low 6:27 Visakhapatnam, airports, power 7:04 Same coast, same date: Cyclone Montha 7:41 What comes next — and Nepal