<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </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> </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>

Study on major disasters in india since 1970