Mother Nature has made the world beautiful and it is because of her that the human beings can survive. However, at the same time nature’s fury can cause great destruction to human life too. Natural calamities are left to the hands of god. If He wishes, He can destroy the world in a fraction of a second. It took an unfortunate incident for me to realize how terrible the consequences of nature’s fury could be.
It was Saturday morning and had been raining heavily since two or three days. My parents and our family friend were going out of town in the noon by train. The railway station is about one and half hour from our home. They left the home about three hours before the train time just because of that heavy rain. Now we all children means my brother and me and my uncles’ two children were alone at the home. We were in mood to enjoy those two or three days.
We planned to stay at my uncle’s home instead of my home. My uncle’s home was in society and so a little bit far from my home. That society was at the entrance of the town where as my home is in the middle of the town. The houses in the society were on the low line area. In the evening we had lots of fun. At night we took dinner and I went to bed early s
It took about 4 to 5 days for the water to go down and by that time the town had reached miserable conditions. Many houses were damaged and the houses, which were not properly built, were flown away with the water. In many houses, water had entered up to the ceil level and so furniture, television sets and carpets were all damaged. Many people had become homeless and didn’t have place to cover their head. Though the water had gone, it had left the mud and the dirt all along the roads. This resulted into a widespread epidemic in that area. No doctor was available for the treatment of the sick people in those circumstances, and due to that many people became victim of water borne deceases like cholera, typhoid and malaria. All flora and fauna was destroyed. Dead bodies of animals were lying all over the streets, making the place stink very much. There was a tremendous loss of property due to this disaster.
ince I was tired. Everyone else was playing cards.
After a long night which seem to us, the sun finally rose. Everyone came out of their flooded homes. Children were seen playing in the water, floating their lovely paper boats in it. Many people from other areas came to have a look of our society. Our society was the worst affected from the flood. Our neighbors suggested that we kids should move to my house which had no effect of flood. Many neighbors came forward
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