The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday evening said, "The cloud bands have touched coastal regions and thus the landfall process of cyclone Gulab has commenced over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south coastal Odisha." The IMD added, "System will cross coasts between Kalingapatnam and Gopalpur, about 25 km to the north of Kalingapatnam during next 3 hours."