Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Arnab' began its landfall process early Wednesday along the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 125-135 kmph and gusts reaching 150 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

According to the IMD, the storm is expected to move slowly northwestwards initially before tracking north-northwestwards. At 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the system was centred over the Westcentral Bay of Bengal, close to the Andhra Pradesh coast, near latitude 16.3 degrees North and longitude 82.1 degrees East.