Cyclone Arnab, which hit Andhra Pradesh as a "very severe" storm on Wednesday, 28 October, has now killed six people, according to Reuters, up from three reported earlier. Homes and farmland were damaged, according to Al Jazeera.
Cyclone Arnab is a tropical storm moving toward India's eastern coast, a region regularly hit by cyclones from the Bay of Bengal. Indian authorities are moving people out of coastal areas ahead of its arrival.
Reuters reports that six people have been killed by Cyclone Arnab, up from three in an earlier Al Jazeera report. The storm battered Andhra Pradesh and damaged homes and farmland, according to Al Jazeera.
Cyclone Arnab made landfall in India's Andhra Pradesh early on Wednesday, killing at least three people after about 180,000 had been evacuated.
India is moving tens of thousands of people to shelters as Cyclone Arnab approaches its eastern coast.
Reuters reported on Monday that India will evacuate thousands of people as Cyclone Arnab approaches its eastern coast. Details on the storm's strength and expected landfall were not yet available.