((Natural disasters and phenomena in MosulThrough the writings of MusliYassin Al-Khatib Khairallah age))

Providence has blessed Mosul with many graces such as moderate climate, commercial prosperity and plentiful waters.
Nevertheless, town has faced times at hardships like the spread at diseases (plague, measles and small-pox), in addition to pests like locusts, drought, floods, severe cold, hails, earthquakes, thunder storms, sun and moon eclipses as well as falling comets. These disasters caused heavy losses in lives and material.