Cyclone Burevi to hit Tamil Nadu, Kerala on Dec 4; IMD issues red alert
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Chennai, December 02: IMD has issued a red alert to the Tamilnadu and Kerala, as the Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ is likely to cross the coast of Sri Lanka, near Trincomalee hit South Tamil Nadu on December 4.
"Deep Depression intensified into Cyclone Storm Burevi at 1730 IST of today & lay centered about 400 km Esat-Southeast of Trincomalee. To cross Sri Lanka coast close to Trincomalee on 2nd Dec. evening/night & cross south TN btw Kanniyakumari and Pamban on 4th early morning", India Meteorological Department (IMD), confirmed on Twitter.
Deep Depression intensified into Cyclone Storm Burevi at 1730 IST of today & lay centred about 400 km Esat-Southeast of https://t.co/grfj6Lbre3 cross Sri Lanka coast close to Trincomalee on 2nd Dec. evening/night & cross south TN btw Kanniyakumari and Pamban on 4th early morning pic.twitter.com/QFNIjhSrP0
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 1, 2020
Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ over southwest Bay of Bengal about 240 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 470 km east-southeast of Pamban (India) and 650 km nearly east-northeast of Kanniyakumari (India) at at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 02nd December 2020 pic.twitter.com/HXsQ5JKTls
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 2, 2020
Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ over southwest Bay of Bengal is about 240 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 470 km east-southeast of Pamban (India), and 650 km nearly east-northeast of Kanniyakumari (India) at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 02nd December 2020,
According to the Met department, cyclonic storm Burevi will cross Sri Lanka coast close to Trincomalee on December 2 evening/night and cross south TN between Kanyakumari and Pamban on December 4 early morning. It is set to cross the shores between Pamban and Kanyakumari in southern Tamil Nadu early in the morning on Friday.
Cyclone Storm "Burevi" lay centered about 330 km Esat-Southeast of https://t.co/grfj6Lbre3 cross Sri Lanka coast close to Trincomalee on 2 Dec. evening/night. To emerge into Gulf of Mannar on 3rd Dec. morning & cross south TN between Kanniyakumari and Pamban on 4th early morning. pic.twitter.com/COgcW1R0AD
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 1, 2020
TamilNadu, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram, and Sivagangai districts are expected to get heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely very heavy rainfall at isolated places from 2nd to 3rd December. The meteorological department has also issued alerts for Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, and Kollam districts in Kerala.
Fishermen out at sea have been advised by IMD to return to the coast, and suspend fishing operation until December 4.
This is the second cyclone that is predicted to hit Tamil Nadu in a week. Last week, a very severe cyclonic storm, Nivar, had battered the southern state.
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