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DEVELOPING · 24 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 8 EDITIONS · 47 OUTLETS

Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra Pradesh coast, leaves five dead

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 23 47 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 25 Oct 18:19 UTC · Bay of Bengal system intensifies as Andhra Pradesh, Odisha prepare for cyclone 26 Oct 06:13 UTC · Cyclone Arnab forms in Bay of Bengal, heads toward Andhra Pradesh coast 26 Oct 12:12 UTC · Cyclone Arnab prompts evacuations and weather alerts on India’s east coast 27 Oct 06:11 UTC · Cyclone Arnab intensifies as India’s eastern coast prepares for landfall 27 Oct 12:12 UTC · Cyclone Arnab nears Andhra Pradesh coast as evacuations are planned 27 Oct 18:14 UTC · Cyclone Arnab approaches Andhra Pradesh coast as evacuations and alerts expand 28 Oct 00:14 UTC · Cyclone Arnab begins landfall in Andhra Pradesh as heavy rain batters coast 28 Oct 06:12 UTC · Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra Pradesh coast, weakens after landfall 29 Oct 06:16 UTC · Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra Pradesh coast, leaves five dead

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 25 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    Bay of Bengal system intensifies as Andhra Pradesh, Odisha prepare for cyclone

  2. 26 Oct, 06:13 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab forms in Bay of Bengal, heads toward Andhra Pradesh coast

  3. 26 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab prompts evacuations and weather alerts on India’s east coast

  4. 27 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab intensifies as India’s eastern coast prepares for landfall

  5. 27 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab nears Andhra Pradesh coast as evacuations are planned

  6. 27 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab approaches Andhra Pradesh coast as evacuations and alerts expand

  7. 28 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab begins landfall in Andhra Pradesh as heavy rain batters coast

  8. 28 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra Pradesh coast, weakens after landfall

  9. 29 Oct, 06:16 UTC

    Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra Pradesh coast, leaves five dead

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Andhra Pradesh · 4 outlets
  • Cyclone Arnab · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 16 districts high · from 27 Oct 03:45, 2 outlets
  • 460 km east · from 27 Oct 03:55, 2 outlets
  • 150 kmph gusts · from 28 Oct 01:45, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • km east-southeast: 860 (1 from 25 Oct 08:22) → 950 (1 from 25 Oct 08:22) → 870 (1 from 25 Oct 16:40) → 650 (2 from 26 Oct 03:48) → 730 (2 from 26 Oct 03:48) → 360 (1 from 27 Oct 03:55) → 300 (1 from 27 Oct 08:25) → 960 (1 from 31 Oct 17:34) → 1,080 (1 from 31 Oct 17:34)
  • km east: 830 (2 from 26 Oct 03:48) → 910 (2 from 26 Oct 03:48) → 460 (2 from 27 Oct 03:55) → 530 (1 from 27 Oct 03:55)
  • km off: 510 (1 from 24 Oct 19:50) → 820 (1 from 24 Oct 19:50) → 910 (1 from 24 Oct 19:50) → 1,020 (1 from 24 Oct 19:50) → 1,100 (1 from 24 Oct 19:50)
  • mm rainfall: 81.5 (1 from 24 Oct 19:50) → 4.4 (1 from 25 Oct 05:59) → 71.4 (1 from 29 Oct 05:47) → 26.2 (1 from 29 Oct 05:47)
  • km southeast: 300 (1 from 27 Oct 03:55) → 260 (1 from 27 Oct 08:25) → 980 (1 from 31 Oct 17:34) → 1,030 (1 from 31 Oct 17:34)
  • mm rain: 94 (1 from 23 Oct 19:37) → 263 (1 from 28 Oct 05:51) → 60 (1 from 29 Oct 05:47)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.