A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters hit part of India’s coastline that’s dense with billions of dollars in plans for data centers.

Tropical Cyclone Arnab formed in the Bay of Bengal Monday afternoon India Standard Time, becoming the latest named storm of the 2026 Indian Ocean cyclone season, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Tropical cyclone In-fa strengthened into a super typhoon as it traveled west over the Pacific Ocean, satellite imagery captured between Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30, shows. Footage

Tropical Cyclone Arnab is expected to hit India’s east coast on Wednesday, marking a break in an otherwise calm season that’s been subdued by a severe El Niño.

More than 180,000 people were evacuated from coastal communities in eastern India as Cyclone Arnab made landfall Wednesday morning, bringing destructive winds, heavy rainfall, widespread power outages and major transportation disruptions.

Odisha stepped up flood rescue in Ganjam and Gajapati after cyclone Arnab-linked rain stranded thousands, with the state preparing air drops of food packets and deploying NDRF, ODRAF and Coast Guard support.

Kakinada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to the family of each dead in Cyclone Arnab, with a promise that the government would do justice to all sections of people like farmers, fishermen, etc who suffered heavy losses.