Coastal Andhra Pradesh may experience heavy rain from November 1 as a low pressure area approaches over the Bay of Bengal

Dark clouds gather over Visakhapatnam’s skyline on Thursday. | Photo credit: KR DEEPAK

A day after the very severe cyclonic storm Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Narsapur in West Godavari district and brought extremely heavy rainfall to the coastal areas, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the state is likely to experience another period of heavy rains from 1

The low pressure area, formed over the Andaman Sea, may intensify in the next three days, it said.

According to IMD, Amaravati, a low pressure area formed over South Andaman Sea under the influence of cyclonic circulation at 5:30 am on Thursday (October 29, 2026). The weather system is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands around October 31.

After that, it is likely to intensify further and continue to move west-northwestward towards Andhra Pradesh coast till November 2.

An expert from the Cyclone Warning Center in Visakhpatnam said there is a possibility of another cyclone but it is still unclear.

The system is likely to bring heavy rainfall to the coastal belt on November 1 and 2. Rayalaseema, which did not receive much rain under the influence of Cyclone Arnab, may not see any major rainfall activity this time either.

Rainfall that lasted for over two days reduced the rain deficit in north Andhra, while central parts and Rayalaseema remained deficient. Of the 28 districts, 12 reported normal rainfall while 16 were deficient in rainfall. The districts which reported normal condition are Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Parvathipuram-Manyam, Polavaram, Kakinada, Dr. BR Ambedkar Konaseema, Krishna, Guntur and Tirupati.

While East and West Godavari districts, NTR, Eluru, Bapatla, Palnadu, Markapuram, SPSR Nellore and all districts of Rayalaseema region, except Tirupati, reported rainfall deficit. Prakasam with 62.2% reported the steepest rainfall gap.

Meanwhile, the remnant of Cyclone Arnab weakened into a depression on Thursday morning and centered over south Chhattisgarh and south Odisha. The system is likely to continue moving northwards and weaken into a well-marked low pressure area over north Chhattisgarh and adjoining northwest Odisha by Thursday evening.

Published – 29 October 2026 23:29 IST