In the year 5233 there were heat waves and drought the likes of which had not been for a hundred years, and there was no rain all the days of summer, and all the rivers dried up and withered until they needed to bring water from many miles away to drink. And from the great heat there were many fires that could not be extinguished. And the winter after it was snow, ice and great cold—exceedingly—the likes of which had not been for 100 years, and many people and animals died.

Also great winds and terrible sights blew and knocked down towers and many buildings, and the winds blew the snow upon the flocks found in the field and they died. Also upon many houses in the valley the snow fell upon them and their houses became their graves [(Tzeda LeDerekh, section 2)]: