There are several kinds of meteorological disasters.

There are more than 20 kinds of meteorological disasters. For example, weather and climate disasters refer to typhoons (tropical storms and strong tropical storms), rainstorms (snow), thunderstorms, hail, strong winds, dust storms, tornadoes, heavy (thick) fog, high temperature, low temperature, continuous rain, freezing rain, frost, ice accumulation, cold wave, drought, dry hot wind, heat wave and flood.

Meteorological disaster refers to the direct or indirect damage caused by the atmosphere to human life and property, national economic construction and national defense construction. Natural disasters will cause losses of millions to tens of billions of yuan, and also cause countless casualties in disaster areas.

Meteorological disaster is one of natural disasters. It mainly includes tropical storms in Asia, typhoons in coastal cities of China, drought, high temperature, mountain torrents, thunderstorms and sandstorms in northern China. Hurricanes, tornadoes, hail and heavy rain (snow) are common in North America. China is one of the few countries with frequent natural disasters in the world. There are many kinds of disasters and the losses are very serious.