The Savage Force of Nature
A 40 ft storm surge with winds traveling at incredibly high speeds hit the port city of Coringa in Andhra Pradesh, India on November 25th, 1839. The city itself and twenty thousand ships and vessels destroyed. Approximately three hundred thousand people dead. This could be one the world’s most deadliest cyclone ever seeing it’s destructions.
The city being located near the mouth of the Godavari River on the southeastern coast of India, sea-borne trade thrived. Shipbuilding and repairing was a factor Coringa was well known for. However, this deadly cyclone has undoubtedly disordered the city and its daily functionings. Coringa once showed resilience after its first cyclone in 1789 that left about twenty thousand people dead. But the present wreckage has challenged their character of resiliency.
"Heritage Status for Tallarevu, Coringa Ports." The Hindu. 22 Nov. 2009. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. <http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/heritage-status-for-tallarevu-coringa-ports/article146009.ece>.
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