Month Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Correlation with Time Series (1891-2013) 0.13 0.36** 0.19* -0.21* -0.18* 0.17 0.26** 0.63** 0.26**

Table 1: Recurring Trend of Severe Cyclones in Eastern Coastal region of India *Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level **Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level Based on: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database and Cyclone e-Atlas, IMD