It is generally known that a cyclone, when fully developed, in a vast Whirlwind of extraordinary violence, 150 to 800 km. Across and 10 to 17km. High, spiraling around 300 to 500 km, a day. The winds associated with such storms are among the most violent and the rainfall accompanying them, is always very heavy. The cyclone under study, which struck the East Coast during the period from 6th to 9th November 1996, contains all the ingredients of a havoc-ridden ...