The time was towards the end of the night when it was time for Fajr prayers in our country after Seheri. The prayers were almost over and I was asleep then. Suddenly the sound of a strong wind woke me up. I looked up and saw that the electric fan had stopped. A window in my room was open. I looked outside and saw the incessant lightning flashes in the sky. Then I realized that it would rain now.

Then I got out from bed and went to the porch and noticed that my mother was already awake. He is tidying up everything inside the house. Also noticed that the wind speed was increasing rapidly and lightning flashed in the sky. Then I was convinced that it was not the rain but the storm that was coming.

There has been very little rainfall since the start of winter season and it had not rained at all for the last two months which was not a good sign. If it doesn't rain this summer, everything will be different. The beauty of nature will lost, famine will seen in many places. So this storm was a blessing for us now. But there are advantages and disadvantages to this.

Advantages of Storms.

We know that storms mean more rain than usual, high winds, lightning in sky, thunderstorms and environmental damage. We haven't had much of this happen here. Since it has been raining here for a long time, it has benefited a lot.

• The first benefit is that nature has regained its lost beauty. If it doesn't rain for a long time, nature becomes very rough, everything around it dries up, everything looks dead. So for this rain nature has got its beauty back wet and everything is looking green and fresh like before.

• I have heard from many people especially from our village that water is not coming out of tubewell in their house. It's mean water goes down a lot and the main reason for this is the lack of rain for a long time. We have also faced this problem that is why a water pump machine has been set up a few days ago. So this rain has solved this problem.

• Moreover, now is the season to produce fruits and vegetables in our country. Especially mango cultivation all over our country and even in our house there are many mango trees that have a lot of mangoes. But if it doesn't rain at the moment, those fruits will fall from the tree. It will fall off the tree when it is immature and the yield of vegetables will not be good. So it is very important to get rain to solve this problem.

Moreover, there are many other benefits and one of them is the benefit of paddy cultivation. In many places there is a shortage of water for paddy cultivation so it is very important to get rain there. And we needed rainfall here to get a good yield of paddy and it was a little late though.

Disadvantages of Storms.

Where there is a storm, there will be some damage whether it is of the people or of nature. And the damage of nature means the danger of people. We also had some damage due to the storm at the end of the night.

• Many immature fruits have fallen prematurely from the trees in our house. Most of them are mangoes and a few are jackfruits. But in many homes it may be more than that. However, it must be admitted that various fruit trees have benefited from this rain.

• I have noticed that many lands in our village's people have suffered some damage in their paddy cultivation. The paddy plants are tilted and broken in the middle in which no mature paddy can be found. Although paddy has been cultivated in our land but no damage has been done.

• One of the more annoying problems caused by storms is the prolonged lack of electricity. Due to the storm, in many places, the plants are broken and the electrical wires or poles fall off, disconnecting and causing severe damage to the electrical connections. As of now we have no electricity here since morning.

Moreover, there are many other problems such as not seeing sunlight in sky, damage to the homes of many people, damage to animals, their food problems and more..

Closing thoughs.

Rainfall, storms, hurricanes and other natural disasters are common where nature exists. But every year the number of these is increasing and gradually taking on more and more horrible shapes. The amount of damage is also increasing and the reason for all this is ourselves. Due to some of our mistakes, such natural disasters are seen in horrible forms.

We all should maintain the balance of nature. So love nature, learn to take care of nature, protect nature, one day nature will protect you.

Thank you for reading. 😊