calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
tragedies — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
convulsions — contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremities, trunk, and head.
ruins — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
woes — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
