disaster area
noun
: an area officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (such as emergency loans and relief supplies)
Examples of disaster area in a Sentence
After the hurricane, the state was declared a disaster area.
His office is a disaster area. How can he find anything in all this clutter?
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In addition, FinCEN will work with any reporting company whose principal place of business is outside the disaster areas but that must consult records located in the affected areas to meet the deadline.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
In addition, at a meeting today, the state board passed a resolution allowing the 25 counties in the Helene federal disaster area to reschedule meetings required by law to consider absentee ballots, officials said.
—NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
When your help is needed in the weeks and months ahead
Do not go to a disaster area to volunteer.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But in this overheated election year, even natural disasters have become deeply politicized as the candidates crisscross the disaster area and in some cases visit the same venues to win over voters in battleground states.
—Colleen Long and Ayanna Alexander The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Oct. 2024
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
In addition, at a meeting today, the state board passed a resolution allowing the 25 counties in the Helene federal disaster area to reschedule meetings required by law to consider absentee ballots, officials said.
—NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
When your help is needed in the weeks and months ahead
Do not go to a disaster area to volunteer.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But in this overheated election year, even natural disasters have become deeply politicized as the candidates crisscross the disaster area and in some cases visit the same venues to win over voters in battleground states.
—Colleen Long and Ayanna Alexander The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Disaster area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20area. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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