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Arnab Strikes India

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The first named storm of the North Indian Ocean’s cyclone season made landfall along the coast of Andhra Pradesh.

The first named storm of the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season—Arnab (pronounced Or-nab)—emerged in the Bay of Bengal on October 25, a rather late start for a basin that typically produces named cyclones in April or May.

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