In a relief to Kerala, the Met department has withdrawn the red alert issued for cyclone Burevi and rain in the seven southernmost districts of the State as the deep depression was likely to weaken further into a depression.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had in a late night bulletin issued on Thursday withdrawn the red alert and issued a yellow alert for 10 districts of the State.
In a bulletin released on Friday morning, the IMD said the deep depression is likely to move slowly west- southwestwards and cross Ramanathapuram and adjoining Thoothukudi districts in Tamil Nadu during the next six hours with wind speed of 50-60 gusting to 70 kmph.
“It is very likely to weaken further into a depression (wind speed 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph) during next 12 hours,” IMD said. It has issued yellow alerts for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram.
Meanwhile, the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has rescheduled nine flights scheduled for Friday. “The operations of the airport have been suspended till 6 PM today and all the flights were rescheduled,” CV Ravindran,Airport Director, told PTI.