People gather near displaced boulders along the shore at Uppada, Kakinada, India, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 after Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast earlier in the day.Cyclone Arnab made landfall over a six-hour period between 2 am and 8 am on October 29, crossing the coast between Andhra Pradesh and Yanam and bringing heavy rainfall. Seven people were killed in Andhra Pradesh due to falling trees, electrocution, wall collapse, and cyclone-related incidents, officials said.The cyclone weakened from a very severe cyclonic storm to a severe cyclonic storm after making landfall near Yanam in Puducherry. It is expected to weaken further into a cyclonic storm and then a deep depression by the evening.Story continues below this adMore than 1,80,000 evacuated in Andhra Pradesh, OdishaHundreds of villages across more than 10 districts in Andhra Pradesh, including Eluru, West Godavari and Vizianagaram, bore the brunt of the storm as 200 mm rainfall was recorded in low-lying areas. CM Chandrababu Naidu has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking a central team to assess the damage caused by the cyclone. More than 1,80,000 people had been evacuated in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha ahead of the cyclone’s arrival.Operations suspended in three airports in Andhra PradeshOperations at three airports in Andhra Pradesh were suspended, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. Bhubaneswar airport director Prasanna Pradhan said flight operations were largely normal, though a nine-seater service on the Bhubaneswar-Jeypore-Visakhapatnam route was cancelled.Odisha CM says state achieved ‘zero casualty’Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said preparations and evacuations had helped the state achieve its “zero casualty” objective. Koraput MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka urged the Odisha Public Service Commission to reschedule the Odisha Civil Services Mains examination at the Jeypore centre due to cyclone-related disruptions. In West Bengal, the IMD forecast heavy rainfall in parts of the state until October 31. Schools remained closed in several Chhattisgarh districts, including Sukma, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Dantewada and Rajnandgaon.Live UpdatesOct 29, 2026 08:59 AM ISTRain, thunderstorms in Delhi-NCRThe Indian Meteorological Department issued yellow alert for rain, thunderstorm and lightning across Central and East Delhi, North Delhi, North-West Delhi, South Delhi, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad and Faridabad on October 29.Oct 29, 2026 08:55 AM ISTCyclone Arnab weakens over Odisha as immediate threat recedes in RayagadaHeavy downpours eased across Odisha's Rayagada district on Wednesday as Cyclone Arnab weakened, allowing local authorities to report a significant reduction in immediate risk despite keeping emergency response units on high alert. Rayagada District Collector Ashutosh Kulkarni confirmed that the area recorded 40 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Wednesday, followed by a lighter 26 mm through the evening. While Kulkarni assured that no major threat currently exists due to subsiding rains, administrative departments remain fully mobilised and prepared for potential secondary showers in the region.#watch | Rayagada, Odisha: Rain continues in Rayagada under influence of cyclone Arnab. All departments have been put on alert. District Collector Ashutosh Kulkarni says, "In the 24 hours that ended today at 8:30 am, Rayagada recorded 40mm of rainfall, and since then till today in the evening, about 26mm of rainfall has been recorded. So it has been quite lesser than what we had expected. Even now, as the rains have subsided, no major threat exists now. But still we are on high alert...there is a possibility that some rainfall may be recorded in Rayagada..."— ANI (@ANI) October 29, 2026https://platform.x.com/widgets.js© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd