This Great Red Spot is still present in Jupiter's atmosphere, more than 300 years later. It is now known that it is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone.

A massive storm system is gathering strength in the region and is expected to dump heavy rains on the cyclone-hit areas in coming days.

000 dead in Chittagong region of Bangladesh in cyclone in April 1991. The 20ft storm surge brought massive flooding that left 10 million homeless.