SunstarTV Bureau: Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed at Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu and Alappuzha, Kerala, in view of cyclone Burevi.
Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed at Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu and Alappuzha, Kerala, in view of #CycloneBurevi
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— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2020
Cyclone Burevi is very likely to hit Tamil Nadu on December 4, the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
This is the second cyclone that is predicted to hit the state in a week, after severe cyclone Nivar devastated the southern state.
Burevi is unlikely to be as intense as Nivar, informed IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra.
It is expected to first hit Sri Lanka on December 2 and then Tamil Nadu on December 4.
The Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said a deep depression intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Burevi’ on Tuesday evening.
It is very likely to cross the Sri Lanka coast close to Trincomalee during the evening or night of December 2 as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 75-85 kilometres per hour gusting to 95 kmph, the IMD’s Cyclone Warning Division said.
“It is very likely to move nearly westwards thereafter, emerging into the Gulf of Mannar and adjoining Comorin area on 3rd December morning. It would then move nearly west-southwestwards and cross south Tamil Nadu coast between Kanyakumari and Pamban around early morning of 4th December,” it said.
The IMD has issued a red alert for south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala for December 3.
