Kanniyakumari: Parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are likely to receive very heavy rainfall as the cyclonic storm 'Burevi', which originated in the southwest Bay of Bengal is moving west-northwestwards direction and is excepted to intensify further during next 12 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Wednesday.
The Cyclone Burevi is excepted to cross southern Tamil Nadu between Kanniyakumari and Pamban on the morning of December 4 with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph.
A yellow alert has been issued to these regions, according to the IMD.
Two teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed at Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Alappuzha in Kerala, NDRF said.
Read: Cyclone 'Burevi' to hit Tamil Nadu on Dec 4
"NDRF teams have reached most of the locations and ready (to) serve and save people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala," Satya Pradhan, Director General of NDRF tweeted. As of today, the cyclone is moving west-northwest direction in the southwest Bay of Bengal with a speed of 15 kmph.
The cyclonic storm is about 240 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 470 km east-southeast of Pamban (India) and 650 km away from east-northeast of Kanniyakumari (India).
Meanwhile, IMD has advised fisherfolks not to venture out in the sea and suspended fishing operations between December 2 and 5 over southwest Bay of Bengal and along the coast of eastern Sri Lanka.
ANI Report
