India to evacuate thousands as Cyclone Arnab nears eastern coast
Two states along India’s eastern coast were preparing to evacuate thousands of people ahead of Cyclone Arnab, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, as one of them said it would close schools in some districts for two days. Arnab, which formed over the Bay of Bengal before intensifying into a cyclonic storm, is expected to make landfall in Andhra Pradesh state by Wednesday morning, with gusts of as much as 140 kph (87 mph), India’s weather office said. The cyclone will probably intensify further, it added. The weather system is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy…
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[Claude] Both reports cover the same approaching Cyclone Arnab and the Odisha preparations described in Report 1, with no conflicting facts stated.
6m agoAlso reported by independent.co.uk (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
6h ago[Claude, second read] Agrees: HIGH, a new event. Thousands being evacuated ahead of a cyclone making landfall; evacuations and school closures suggest a major storm, though no death toll yet.
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