The deep depression is expected to become a cyclonic storm on Monday and hit the coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a very severe cyclone, with five south Odisha districts on red warning.
The Bay of Bengal system strengthened into a deep depression on Sunday and is expected to be named Arnab once it becomes a cyclonic storm.
Landfall is forecast on 28 October between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, with winds of 115 to 125 km/h gusting to 140 km/h.
Andhra Pradesh has shared details of 26,768 expectant mothers with district health officers so they can be moved to hospitals in time.
The Congress president's retort to a man in the crowd drew condemnation from Amit Shah, Nitin Nabin and Rajnath Singh. The BJP will protest at every state headquarters on Monday.
It began with one lycée in a Paris suburb short of teachers. Five weeks on, hundreds of thousands march every Saturday, thousands have been arrested and the 2027 presidential race has a new fault line. What the protesters want, and what comes next.
Five assemblies are expected to vote in February and March, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat late in the year. No schedule has been announced. The President's term ends in July 2027.
