Vortex is a 1978 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about a tornado attack on a Missouri small town. Cleary wrote a screenplay based on it but no movie resulted.Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
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External links The novel was serialised in 6 parts in the Australian Woman's Weekly – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Vortex at AustLit (subscription required)