noun (plural calamities)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster:

｟ややかたく｠ 災難, 惨事; 不幸

e.g. the journey had led to calamity and ruin

e.g. the fire was the latest calamity to strike the area.

a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss

late Middle English (in the sense ‘disaster and distress’): from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas.