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Cyclone Arnab's remnants and a western disturbance keep the weather unsettled. The IMD warns of heavy to very heavy rain in Bihar, east UP and West Bengal on Friday and thunderstorms with hail and gusts to 70 km/h in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. A new low-pressure area is forming over the Andaman Sea.
About 300 Ganjam villages in Odisha are marooned after days of extremely heavy rain from Cyclone Arnab, with the Rushikulya overflowing at Sorada. Odisha plans to airlift 120 people first with a Coast Guard helicopter. In Andhra Pradesh a railway bridge in Srikakulam is submerged.
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Cyclone Arnab weakened to a severe cyclonic storm at landfall but left three dead, 31 houses damaged and 764 villages affected in Andhra Pradesh, with over 200 mm of rain in places. A flash-flood warning covers 13 districts until Thursday morning. Chief Minister Naidu sought central help.
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Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab began crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast between Yanam and Kakinada early on Wednesday, with winds of 125 to 135 kmph and gusts up to 150 kmph. About 84,000 people were moved to shelters in Andhra Pradesh and 48,000 in Odisha. One death was reported on Tuesday.
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