Cyclone Burevi; The Cyclone is now 140 km away from East Coast

by Zulfick Farzan 02-12-2020 | 4:56 PM

Colombo (News 1st); The cyclonic storm ‘ BUREVI’ over the south-west Bay of Bengal, is now 140 km east-southeast of Trincomalee at 1130 hrs today (02nd December), said the Met Department issuing a warning.

The system is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka between Trincomalee and Point-Pedro, close to Mullaithivu tonight from 7.00 p.m-10.00 p.m.

This Cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting up to 100 kmph is very likely to move nearly westwards thereafter, emerge into Gulf of Mannar by tomorrow morning (December 03).

Due to this system, the storm surge of about 1-meter height above the astronomical tide is likely to inundate low-lying coastal areas extending from Trincomalee to Kankasanthurai and in Pooneryn to Puttalam.

Rainfall Advisory :

Province	02nd December	03rd December	04th December
Northern	Intermittent showers at many places; very heavy rainfall above 200 mm at some places	Intermittent showers at many places; very heavy rainfall above 150 mm at some places	Showers at times; Fairly heavy rainfall about(75- 100) mm at some places
North-Central	Intermittent showers at many places; very heavy rainfall above 200 mm at some places	Showers at times; heavy rainfall about 100 mm at some places	Showers at times; Fairly heavy rainfall about 75mm at some places
Eastern	Intermittent showers at many places; very heavy rainfall above 200 mm at some places	Showers at times; heavy rainfall about 100 mm at some places	Showers at times; Fairly heavy rainfall about 75mm at some places
North-Western	Intermittent showers at many places; very heavy rainfall above 200 mm at some places	Intermittent showers at many places; very heavy rainfall above 150 mm at some places	Showers at times; Fairly heavy rainfall about(75- 100) mm at some places
Southern	Showers at several places; above 50mm at some places	Showers at several places; above 50mm at some places	Several spells of showers
Other Provinces	Showers at times in many places; heavy rainfall above 100 mm at some places	Showers at times; heavy rainfall about 100 mm at some places	Several spells of showers