Cyclone Arnab caused severe flooding across southern Odisha on October 29, 2026, after Patrapur in Ganjam district received 546 mm (21.5 inches) of rain in 24 hours. Around 300 villages were reported marooned in Ganjam, where the state planned to evacuate 120 people by helicopter in the first phase.
Cyclone Arnab crossed India’s Andhra Pradesh–Yanam coast southwest of Yanam on October 28, 2026, as a very severe cyclonic storm before weakening inland. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) later reported three deaths in Andhra Pradesh, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) estimated landfall winds of 125–135 km/h (78–84 mph), gusting to 150 km/h (93 mph).
Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab approached India’s Andhra Pradesh–Yanam coast on October 27, 2026, with landfall forecast near Yanam during the morning of October 28. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast landfall winds of 125–135 km/h (78–84 mph), gusting to 150 km/h (93 mph), alongside storm surge and isolated extremely heavy rainfall.
Recovery operations continued in Taiwan on October 25, 2026, after Typhoon Champi brought strong winds, heavy rain, and high waves from October 22 to 24. The Central Emergency Operations Center’s final October 24 briefing reported one death and 634 injuries, while agricultural losses rose to NT$193.32 million by the following afternoon.
Hurricane Vance continued strengthening far south of Mexico on October 23, 2026, with maximum sustained winds reaching 150 km/h (90 mph) at 09:00 LT (15:00 UTC). The National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast Vance to briefly reach Category 3 intensity Saturday morning but said the intensity forecast had low confidence because cooler water and increasing wind shear could limit further strengthening.
Tropical Storm Vance strengthened over the eastern Pacific on October 22, becoming the 21st named storm of the 2026 season and making 2026 the first eastern Pacific season since 2018 to reach that total. At 15:00 UTC, maximum sustained winds had increased to 95 km/h (60 mph), and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast Vance to become a hurricane during the night of October 22 and possibly a major hurricane by the weekend.
Subtropical Storm Josephine was accelerating northeastward away from the U.S. East Coast at 05:00 AST (09:00 UTC) on October 22, 2026, with maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h (65 mph). The National Hurricane Center forecast Josephine to lose its subtropical characteristics later October 22 or overnight into October 23 while strengthening through interaction with an approaching upper-level trough, becoming a hurricane-force extratropical cyclone within 24 hours.
Super Typhoon Champi, locally named Rosal, became the strongest tropical cyclone of 2026 by maximum sustained wind speed when it reached 296 km/h (185 mph) on October 20, according to NASA’s MODIS program. The cyclone weakened on October 21 while moving toward waters east of the northern Philippines, where PAGASA maintained Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 over Batanes and warned of heavy rain and waves reaching 10 m (33 feet).
Typhoon Champi passed about 16 km (10 miles) south of Merizo, Guam, at 04:26 ChST on October 18 (18:26 UTC on October 17) and was upgraded to a super typhoon about three hours later. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) post-analysis placed its 00:00 UTC intensity at 269 km/h (167 mph) before the cyclone weakened to 222 km/h (140 mph) by 12:00 UTC, while Guam authorities reported widespread power outages and disruptions to water services.
Typhoon and Flood watches were in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan early October 16 as Tropical Storm Champi moved west toward the Mariana Islands. NWS Guam said damaging winds were likely late October 17 and on October 18, while storm-total rainfall of 152–305 mm (6–12 inches) could cause flooding in urban, low-lying and poorly drained areas.
