Hūd

Calamity upon ʿĀd

Then when they saw a cloud approaching their valleys, they said “This is a cloud bringing us rain.” "Rather, it is what you sought to hasten; a wind in which is a painful punishment.”

Destroying everything by the command of its Lord, leaving nothing visible except their ruins. This is how We reward the community of criminals.

— Sūrah Al-Ahqāf 46:24-25

Possible natural disasters

Limnic eruption

A limnic eruption is a very rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake waters, forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating wildlife, livestock and humans.