<Table> <Tr> <Td> Disaster - prone regions in India . </Td> <Td> Map showing winds zones, shaded by distribution of average speeds of prevailing winds . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Disaster - prone regions in India . </Td> <Td> Map showing winds zones, shaded by distribution of average speeds of prevailing winds . </Td> </Tr> <P> Natural disasters in India, many of them related to the climate of India, cause massive losses of life and property . Droughts, flash floods, cyclones, avalanches, landslides brought on by torrential rains, and snowstorms pose the greatest threats . A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslides, hurricanes etc . In order to be classified as a disaster it will have profound environmental effect and / or human loss and frequently incurs financial loss . Other dangers include frequent summer dust storms, which usually track from north to south; they cause extensive property damage in North India and deposit large amounts of dust from arid regions . Hail is also common in parts of India, causing severe damage to standing crops such as rice and wheat and many more crops . </P> <P> Landslides are very common indeed in the Lower Himalayas . The young age of the region's hills result in labile rock formations, which are susceptible to slippages . Rising population and development pressures, particularly from logging and tourism, cause deforestation . The result is denuded hillsides which exacerbate the severity of landslides; since tree cover impedes the downhill flow of water . Parts of the Western Ghats also suffer from low - intensity landslides . Avalanches occurrences are common in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim . </P>

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