The International airport of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala will remain shut for 8 hours from Friday morning and over 2000 relief camps have been opened as Kerala remains on high alert with heavy rains expected when cyclone Burevi makes landfall. The district administration here has opened 217 relief camps and 15,840 people have been shifted there from disaster-prone areas. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reviewed the situation and asked people to exercise extreme caution till the storm passes.

Pinarayi  Vijayan, who chaired a high-level meeting with senior officials this evening, also informed Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the steps being taken by the state to face the situation. Shah assured all assistance, He told reporters.

The Indian Metrological Department has predicted that the course of the storm will be through the border areas of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts and the government, along with various departments and the Army, were ready to face the contingencies, he said. Thiruvananthapuram International Airport will remain closed on December 4 from 10 am to 6 pm, district collector Navjot Khosa said.

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