India news: Cyclone Arnab brings heavy rain, disruption

Here's a roundup of the biggest news from India on Wednesday, October 28:

Hello and welcome to DW's India news blog!

This is Mahima Kapoor reporting from Studio Delhi and I will be your guide through everything going on across the country.

We start off with a severe storm threatning India's east coast. Dubbed "Arnab," the "very severe" cyclone is making a drawn-out landfall on the coast of the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh. The high-speed winds and heavy rainfall has already disrupted schools, flights and power there. Thousands of people have been evacuated while the neighboring states remain on high alert.

Tropical cyclones aren't the only extreme weather phenonemon on our minds today. A new study by The Lancet showed that India is among the top countries with he highest heatwave exposure to its vulnerable population, that is infants and the elderly.

Stepping away from weather, police authorities in India's eastern metropolis city of Kolkata said over 50% of the security cameras at the site of a recent, deadly stampede were not working.

Here's another number for you: Less than 28,000 residents of Delhi have filled forms at special camps to be reintroduced into the capital's voter list. That's after 475 million names were deleted from the city in the controversial revision of voter names.