What are the types of natural disasters?

Climate Disasters In 2005, there were many meteorological disasters such as drought, rainstorm and flood, typhoon, gale, hail, lightning strike, tornado, high temperature, blizzard, low temperature freezing and so on. The direct economic losses caused by various natural disasters in the whole year reached 204.2 billion yuan, and 2,475 people died due to disasters, which was a serious year. The affected area of crops in the whole year was 3.8810.8 million hectares, of which drought, rainstorm and flood accounted for 69% of the total affected area. Severe drought occurred in autumn, winter and spring in southern South China, severe spring drought in Yunnan in recent 50 years, summer and autumn drought in northwest, northeast and Inner Mongolia, and obvious autumn drought in western Jiangnan and western South China. Severe storms and floods occurred in Xijiang, Minjiang and Huaihe river basins, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Liaoning provinces, and severe floods occurred in Weihe and Hanjiang river basins in autumn. Drought In 2005, the drought in China was relatively small and the loss was relatively light. There is no large-scale and long-lasting serious drought, and drought is often young. However, severe drought occurred in autumn, winter and spring in southern South China, severe spring drought rarely seen in recent 50 years in Yunnan, early summer drought in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, summer and autumn drought in northeast, northwest and Inner Mongolia, and obvious autumn drought in Jiangnan and South China. Typhoon/Tropical Storm In 2005, eight typhoons and tropical storms landed in China, with large intensity, wide range and severe disasters. The typhoon disaster loss was the most serious since 1997. Typhoon 0509 "Mai Sha" was a typhoon with the widest influence and the heaviest economic loss in 2005. Rainstorm/Flood Rainstorm and flood disasters are more serious than normal, and the rainstorm and flood disasters in Xijiang, Minjiang and Huaihe river basins and Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Liaoning provinces are serious, and the autumn floods in Weihe and Hanjiang rivers are serious. Sandstorm In the spring of 2005, there were five sandstorms in China. The strongest sandstorm weather process occurred on April 27-28, with strong sandstorms in Erenhot, Abaga Banner, Mandula and Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia. Lightning Strike In 2005, lightning disasters in China showed the characteristics of frequent occurrence, wide range and great influence. According to incomplete statistics, in 2005, * * * * there were more than 0,000 lightning disasters1.65,438+0,000, including more than 700 casualties caused by lightning, more than 200 fire or explosion accidents, more than 0,000 buildings damaged1/kloc-0, and more than 2,700 power supply failures. The annual lightning disaster * * * caused casualties 1300 people, causing direct economic losses of about 600 million yuan and indirect economic losses of several billion yuan.