Natural Hazards and Disasters

The Saffir-Simpson Scale categorizes hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds into five categories. It helps predict potential property damage and flooding from storm surges.

Flood, fire, and cyclone are all types of natural disasters. Earthquake is also a natural disaster, making it the most appropriate classification.

An anticyclone is the opposite of a cyclone. A drought is the opposite of a flood.

This is a periodic change. It will happen after a time.

Tsunamis are caused by large-scale displacement of water, typically from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. Winds, even high ones, do not cause tsunamis.

A freshet is a rush of fresh water flowing into the sea or a sudden overflow of a stream resulting from heavy rain or snowmelt, which is synonymous with a flood.

While the exact cause of the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization (Harappa) is debated, the most widely accepted theories involve environmental changes like flooding, climate change, and potential migration or invasion.

The verb in the sentence - 'can cause', as it expresses action.

This is the correct answer as all the statements are correct.

Natural calamities are events caused by natural forces. War is a human-made conflict and is not classified as a natural calamity.

The remains of a fire are called ashes as the remains of an explosion are called Debris.

Bank is alongside the river as coast is alongside the sea.

To cut a swath is to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place. In this context the violent cyclone causes destruction. To cut a deal is to make an arrangement. To cut a break is to to allow someone a reprieve from the consequences of an action. To cut a rug is to dance very well.

Cyclone Nargis was a powerful and deadly tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction in Myanmar in May 2008.