Cyclone Burevi that brought heavy rain to parts of southern India and neighbouring Sri Lanka has weakened into a "practically stationary" deep depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) office said on Friday.
"(A) deep depression over Gulf of Mannar...is close to Ramanathapuram district coast, remained practically stationary," the IMD said in a statement as it withdrew the red alert issued for cyclone Burevi in Kerala.
The IMD had in a late-night bulletin issued on Thursday withdrawn the red alert and issued a yellow alert for 10 districts of Kerala.
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 as flight operations remained suspended till 6 pm.
A deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal had intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Burevi' and the IMD had predicted heavy rains and wind in the seven southern districts of the state from December 3 to 5.
(With agency inputs)