A day after Cyclone Arnab crossed India's Andhra Pradesh coast, the India Meteorological Department said the storm's remnant had weakened over south Chhattisgarh and adjoining south Odisha on Thursday, while a separate low-pressure area formed over the south Andaman Sea^1,6.

IMD officials in Amaravati said the new low formed around 5:30 a.m. IST on Oct. 29 under a cyclonic circulation and still lay over the south Andaman Sea at 8:30 a.m., with a west-northwest track that could later affect Andhra Pradesh¹.

The remnant of Arnab, previously a very severe cyclonic storm, lay as a depression near 19.4 degrees north, 81.9 degrees east, about 40 km north-northwest of Jagdalpur, and was expected to become a well-marked low over north Chhattisgarh and northwest Odisha around Thursday evening^1,6.

In the 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. IST Thursday, IMD reported widespread rain over north Andhra Pradesh, northeast Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal, with extremely heavy totals at isolated places in south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh, including 546 mm at Patrapur in Ganjam district¹.

Associated Press reported Wednesday that Arnab made landfall as a very severe cyclonic storm with winds near 135 kph (84 mph) and that Andhra Pradesh authorities had described three deaths that day, along with damage to houses, roads, power lines and tens of thousands of acres of crops (AP, via AP News)². Times of India later put Andhra Pradesh's death toll at least at nine and crop damage near 2 lakh hectares; outlets did not reconcile the figures on the record reviewed here^5,2.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said he spoke Thursday with the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and that the central government would provide assistance^5,6.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to restore electricity, continue relief until normalcy returned and speed compensation, excluding crop losses pending assessments, according to a state release carried by Hindustan Times^4,6.

Floodwater entered the Andhra border town of Ichchapuram after high releases into the Bahuda from Odisha's Baghalati dam, Srikakulam Collector Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar said, adding the local situation was under control⁷.

South Coast Railway cancelled, short-terminated and diverted trains after water crossed the danger mark at Bridge No. 1052 between Ichchapuram and Jhadupudi, and arranged a special service between Visakhapatnam and Palasa³.

In Odisha, Chief Secretary Anu Garg said about 2,000 people were cut off by floodwater in Ganjam district, with plans to airlift some villagers if rain and low clouds allowed; more than 200 villages in Ganjam and Gajapati were badly hit and a stretch of National Highway 326 was washed away⁶.

Hindustan Times said the Vamsadhara at Kashinagar in Gajapati was above its danger mark Thursday morning, and that landslides and inundation continued in Gajapati and Ganjam as the remnant moved north⁸.

The Hindu reported that junior lineman Duvvada Pydiraju died after falling from an electric pole during repairs in Vizianagaram district⁷.