The deadly storm, while crossing Vavuniya in Northern Province of Sri Lanka [which was called Ceylon ... even crossing the Palk Strait between Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar in the Northern Province.

How was life in Dhanushkodi before the cyclone? Dhanushkodi, 21km from Rameswaram, is bordered by the Bay of Bengal. Sri Lanka lies just 20 nautical miles away. The earliest reference to it is ...