Giving relief to Kerala, the Indian metrological department (IMD) has withdrawn the red alert issued for cyclone Burevi and rains in the seven southernmost districts of the state as the deep depression was likely to weaken further into a depression. The IMD had in a late-night bulletin issued on Thursday withdrawn the red alert and issued a yellow alert for 10 districts of the state.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- south-west-wards 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 has issued yellow alerts for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, , Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Ernakulam, 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. There is a review meeting from Delhi today to assess the situation,"CV Ravindran, Airport Director, told. The state government had declared a public holiday on Friday for five districts in the state in view of the red alert which was issued earlier.

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