Burevi is the ninth depression and fifth named storm of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone Season. It originated from a low pressure area which formed off the coast of Aceh on November 28. It slowly intensified reaching its peak intensity on December 2, just before making landfall in Sri Lanka. At least six people died, 57 houses were destroyed and 2,753 houses were partially damaged by the storm.
About Cyclone Burevi in brief
Burevi is the ninth depression and fifth named storm of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone Season. It originated from a low pressure area which formed off the coast of Aceh on November 28. The system gradually became a depression on November 30, with the JTWC issuing a TCFA soon after. The depression then was upgraded into Cyclone Burevi the following day. It slowly intensified reaching its peak intensity on December 2, just before making landfall in Sri Lanka. At least six people died, 57 houses were destroyed and 2,753 houses were partially damaged by the storm. The storm then weakened, entering the Gulf of Mannar, early on December 3.
It stalled just west of Sri Lanka while it weakened back down to the equivalent of a tropical depression due to increasing vertical wind shear. A Cyclone Alert was put in place for South Tamil Nadu, South Kerala, and Sri Lanka upon formation. More than 75,000 people were evacuated along the east coast of the country, with 237 relief centers opening in the district of Trincomalee. Schools were shut down in the Northern Province and Eastern Province until at least December 4 due to the storm and a public holiday was declared.
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