Cyclone Arnab is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm before making landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 28. Odisha has deployed eight ministers to oversee preparedness, shut educational institutions in six vulnerable districts. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday, October 26, that a deep depression over the eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal had intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ (pronounced Ornab).