Miracles of Mary Stories about Natural Disasters

Earthquakes & Landslides

The Ethiopian kingdom of Damot's inhabitants who would not observe the feast days of the Virgin Mary are punished by a storm that brings down a mighty tree.

Dabra Zamaddo's church's dangerous cliff side entrance is improved by the abbot and the Virgin Mary

Syrian church of the Virgin Mary in Homs collapses in an earthquake.(English translation not yet available)

Abba Samuel, the priest Mark, and the icon of the Virgin Mary that causes an earthquake in Constantinople in the year 1273 (English translation not yet available)

Floods, High Tides, or Sneaker Waves

Two travelers experiencing floods and soldiers is saved by the Virgin Mary (English translation not yet available)

The pregnant woman who was caught by a wave while going to the church of Saint Michael (Mont Saint Michel) and gives birth underwater protected by the Virgin Mary's cloak

A thief is hung upside down with the objects he stole in the Virgin Mary's church in Sebkahad, Egypt

Dabra Qalemon's gifts from two Arabs who, journeying on the Nile in Egypt, fall into the water due to a storm and are saved from crocodiles

Homily on the Virgin Mary and the Biblical Patriarchs: Part 2: The Virgin Mary as the type prefiguring Noah's Ark

The pious monk who drowned while crossing a river on his way to a feast that was being given by a rich man in honor of the Assumption. Mary helped him to pray her praises while inside water.

Storms

A Christian's lamp was blown out by the wind during the feast of Mary at the Meneta Diyaqonat and his Muslim servant is protected from the storm

A herder saves his sheep and cattle during a storm by praying to the Virgin Mary

A ship in a storm was about to founder when it was saved by the passengers praying to the Virgin Mary

A man prays for his sick son before the icon of the Virgin Mary; she sends Saint Qirqos, then comes herself with Saint George to cure him.

A child whom his mother had vowed to the Virgin Mary is rescued from drowning.

The Ethiopian kingdom of Damot's inhabitants who would not observe the feast days of the Virgin Mary are punished by a storm that brings down a mighty tree.

New Ethiopian Church: Part 1: The Virgin Mary demands that the nobles of a certain Ethiopian town build her a large new church and eventually they do

Dabra Zamaddo's storm that engulfed the country with total darkness for four months was drawn away by a Dabara Zamaddo's monk who prayed to the Virgin Mary.

Dabra Sedeneya's Icon's Origin: Attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem, the story of how a good woman who hosted lodgers acquired the famous icon

Saint Barsuma the Great, from Egypt, is traveling by ship and the Virgin Mary rescues him

Saint Barsuma the Great's disciples are visited by the Virgin Mary in the form of a dove.

Book of Vision of Timothy of Alexandria: Part 05: The Holy Family crosses the Nile at Asmunayn.

Dabra Zamaddo's church's dangerous cliff side entrance is improved by the abbot and the Virgin Mary

Dabra Zamaddo: The man from Wegera Sehin who refused to observe holy days and got swallowed along with his oxen

Hail

The Ethiopian kingdom of Damot's inhabitants who would not observe the feast days of the Virgin Mary are punished by a storm that brings down a mighty tree.

A pious woman was asked by the Virgin Mary to go to a certain town and teach the people the observance of her five feast days, from the 21st to the 25th of Genbot.

Drought & Famine

A pious woman was asked by the Virgin Mary to go to a certain town and teach the people the observance of her five feast days, from the 21st to the 25th of Genbot.

A man who wanted to give a banquet on the Virgin Mary's feast but was unable because of a famine.

King Lalibala, the 13th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his godson at Dabra Zamaddo

The Arabs who tried to plunder an Egyptian monastery during a famine in the time of the Patriarch Matthew and kidnap a monk when thwarted

The famine in Egypt caused by the shortage of water in the Nile during the reign of Patriarch Matthew I (1378-1408).

King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 04

Book of Nagara Maryam: Month N: Part 02: Life: Journey: People refuse food to Mary and Jesus turns their crops into stone and causes a famine

No stories with the following words:

• Volcano 
• Tsunami
• Hurricane 
• Tornado  (once as a metaphor)
• Hailstorm 
• Heatwave
• Wildfire
• Avalanche
• Snowstorm
• Heat wave