What is natural calamities and describe types of natural calamities?
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A natural disaster is an event that is caused by the natural forces of the earth and results in great damage and possibly loss of life.
Earthquakes
An earthquake occurs when the earth releases pent-up energy and causes the ground to shake. Earth's ground is made up of several very large pieces of land called tectonic plates. Most earthquakes occur when these plates rub against each other in some way. These same plates also create mountains when they push against each other. As the mountains are formed, earthquakes may be felt.
Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
A storm reaches a wind speed of over 74 miles per hour, it gets classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone depending on where the storm is located. The storm is called a hurricane if it happens in the Atlantic and northern Pacific. If the storm occurs in the northwestern part of the Pacific, then it is called a typhoon. In the southwestern Pacific and the Indian Ocean, the same type of storm is called a cyclone.
Tsunamis
A tsunami consists of huge waves caused by either an underwater earthquake ...
floods
A flood is an overflow of water that covers the earth.
Mudsides
Mudslides occur when the ground gets so wet that whatever dirt is on the ground turns into a liquid mass and flows, like a flood...
Avalanches
An avalanche is when you have a bunch of snow, ice, or rocks falling rapidly down a slope, usually a mountainside. You might have seen movies where someone is standing next to a mountain with a bunch of snow on top. He or she yells out something and then you see all the snow tumble down the slope toward him or her. That's an avalanche. Avalanches can bury people and animals alive.
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A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other geologic processes.