Super cyclone bears down on Bangladesh (the video is loading, may take long. Please bear with us...)

A super cyclone bore down rapidly on Bangladesh's southwest coastline on November 15, ripping off tin roofs from houses and uprooting trees. According to the London-based Tropical Storm Risk, it was a Category 4 storm, packing winds of 135 knots, and was heading due north on a course that would take it over the heavily populated southern coast and then towards the capital, Dhaka