18 Nepali Names for Disaster: Deadly and Destructive!

Disasters are never good – all they do is destroy stuff and kill people.

Naturally, we are afraid of disasters, in fact, we are in the middle of one – the pandemic. Besides Pandemic Nepal is known for being prone to Earthquakes, floods, and landslides. So as you know, we are rather familiar with this term. But do you know what the Nepali Names for Disasters are?

For those who are a bit confused or are known to this term – which we assume very few of you are, a Disaster is a sudden accident or a catastophy that causes large damage to its surroundings and can lead to a massive loss of life if it happens in a populated area.

Nepali Names for Disasters

As people from a country that is known for being prone to one of the deadliest disasters in the world – Earthquake, we should know what they are called in Nepali. While we are familiar with the Nepali Names for Disasters that are frequent like Flood, Landslide, and deadly like an earthquake, we often ignore the terms for the less frequent ones – like Drought and less deadly ones like Storm.

Yes, storms do kill people and destroy a lot of properties each year in Nepal.

So knowing what they are called in Nepali is something that a lot of us ought to do. On top of that, it would be a huge help if you ever need to research Nepali articles as well. And if you are a foreigner reading this, then buckle up as these names can get a bit tough to read.

So,

While this is not the list of Nepali Names for every disaster, they do cover most of the basics. On top of that, Nepal doesn’t have native names for quite a few of these disasters- mainly because they don’t occur in Nepal. For instance, we don’t have a technical term for Heat Spikes or Cold waves due to them not occurring in Nepal. While we do have sudden temperature rises and sudden falls, they are not big enough to kill a massive number of people or to be qualified as disasters.

While disasters are indeed a grim topic, knowing Nepali names for disasters is not. After all, knowledge is never a bad thing.

Hope you found this helpful and informative. If you have any suggestions for us, do let us know them down in the comments below. And as always, thank you for reading till the end.

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