Question

As a local government official working in the flood affected area you are talking to an old lady who has lost her belongings

Answer 1

A cataclysmic event is characterized by the UN as: "the results of occasions activated by common risks that overpower nearby reaction limit and genuinely influence the social and financial advancement of an area."

keeping in mind the end goal to be a catastrophe, individuals must be influenced. The precipitation itself isn't the debacle, but instead the results of the precipitation.