Cyclone kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

1978 Sri Lanka cyclone

Strongest tropical cyclone to strike Sri Lanka

The 1978 Sri Lanka Cyclone was one of the most destructive tropical cyclones to strike Sri Lanka since modern records began. The cyclone formed on November 17, 1978, and attained peak intensity on November 23, 1978, right before making landfall in Batticaloa. Sri Lanka's eastern…