Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Flights cancelled, 180,000 evacuated as Cyclone Arnab reaches India Namita Singh Wednesday 28 October 2026 09:23 GMT Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover ( AFP/Getty ) Cyclone Arnab has made landfall on India's eastern coast, bringing powerful winds of up to 140kmph and torrential rain to Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Odisha.
More than 180,000 people have been evacuated into over 2,000 emergency shelters, with no initial deaths reported across the affected states. The cyclone caused widespread travel disruption, leading to suspended operations at three airports, cancelled flights, and interrupted train routes. The India Meteorological Department warned of flash floods, severe storm surges, and coastal inundation in several low-lying districts. Safety warnings were also extended to Nepal, where tourists were advised against high-altitude travel due to incoming rain, snowstorms, and avalanches.
In full Cyclone Arnab makes landfall in India with 140kmph winds as 180,000 evacuated
The Independent reports Cyclone Arnab's landfall in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, the evacuations and the travel disruption. It never says that warming makes intense tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall like this more frequent or more severe.
Leaves out the climate link
Serious
“bringing powerful winds of up to 140kmph and torrential rain to Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Odisha”
Why this matters
The Independent describes the cyclone's winds and torrential rain and stops there. Nowhere in the article is there a word linking the storm to a warming climate.
The impression it gives
A reader takes Arnab as a natural event with no connection to the warming of the planet.
The context
Human-caused warming has made intense tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall more frequent or more severe. The article never says so.
How we know
On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “climate” and “warming”.
Cyclone Arnab has made landfall on India's eastern coast with winds of up to 140kmph and torrential rain. Warming is making intense tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall like this more frequent and more severe.