ගැඹුරු පීඩන අවපාතය ‘ඔර්නබ්’ සුළි කුණාටුවක් දක්වා වර්ධනය වෙයි - කාලගුණයෙන් රතු නිවේදනයක්

Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka Mirror, WhatNews (සිංහල), Newsfirst (සිංහල) and Hiru News report that the Meteorology Department said Arnab had intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by October 27. Sri Lanka Mirror and Lankadeepa report that at 2:30 a.m. the system was near 15.9° north and 85.4° east, approximately 890 kilometres northeast of Kankesanthurai.

Sri Lanka Mirror reports that the storm was forecast to travel west-northwest until 5:30 p.m. on October 27, then head northwest and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast as a very severe storm by 11:30 a.m. on October 28. EconomyNext also reports an expected Indian landfall on October 28. EconomyNext and Sri Lanka Mirror say Sri Lanka is not expected to experience a direct hit.

Sri Lanka Mirror reports that showers or thunderstorms were forecast intermittently in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North Western provinces, as well as Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, with more than 75 millimetres possible in some places. It also forecasts afternoon showers in a few parts of the Eastern Province and occasional winds of 40–50 kilometres per hour across the western Central Hills, Northern, North-central and North-western provinces, Trincomalee and Hambantota. EconomyNext reports rain across several provinces over three days, with some places potentially receiving over 100 millimetres on Monday and Tuesday. Sri Lanka Mirror says people were asked to guard against local wind damage and lightning.

EconomyNext reports a red warning for naval and multi-day fishing communities, advising against entering Bay of Bengal waters between 10° and 20° north and 80° and 95° east. EconomyNext and Rupavahini News report that winds there could reach 80–100 kilometres per hour, with rough seas and waves between three and four metres. EconomyNext says vessels in the affected waters were told to leave promptly; Rupavahini News says those already at sea were advised to sail to safer areas and follow further weather notices.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.