A natural calamities is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience, or ability to recover.
List of natural calamities
1) Earthquakes
2) Volcanic eruptions
3) Hydrological disasters
a. Floods
b. Limbic eruptions
c. Tsunami
4) Meteorological disasters
a. Blizzards
b. Cyclonic storms
c. Tropical cyclones
d. Extra tropical cyclones
e. Droughts
f. Hailstorms
g. Heat waves
5) Tornadoes
6) Wildfires
7) Health disasters
a. Epidemics
8) Space disasters
a. Impact events
b. Solar flare
Natural calamities in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a land of natural calamities. Flood, cyclone, drought, famine destroy the life and property every year. People live here fighting against the frequent natural calamities. Of allthese natural calamities, flood devastates our country every year. Every year during the rainy season, many parts of the country are submerged. It is almost an annual affair. Floods in our country are caused for many reasons. Among them heavy rainfall during the rainy season is the main cause of flood. It causes sudden increase of water in the rivers and canals which overflow their banks and cause flood. Sometimes violent cyclones, tidal bores, tsunami and melting of snow on mountains cause devastating floods.
Flood lasting long time is a curse to the people of our country as it causes huge loss of life and property. It brings catastrophic sufferings to the people of the country. The crop fields, houses, roads and streets go under water. Crops and vegetables are damaged and millions of people become homeless. They face the scarcity of food, drinkable water, shelter and suffer much. Epidemic and famine break out to add to the misery and