striking vs natural event

striking and natural event both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
striking	Yes	Yes	No	No
natural event	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, natural event is a hypernym of striking; that is, natural event is a word with a broader meaning than striking:

Other hypernyms of striking include happening, occurrence, occurrent.

striking (noun)	natural event (noun)
the act of contacting one thing with another	an event that happens
the physical coming together of two or more things

striking (adjective)	natural event (adjective)
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect