Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh ) and India 's West Bengal on November 12 , 1970 .
Simplified: The 1970 Bhola cyclone was the strongest storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season . The Bhola cyclone made landfall in East Pakistan ( today known as Bangladesh ) .