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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The same relief will be available to any other counties added later to the disaster area.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Federal tax relief is available for people in disaster areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS said.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
Trump won about 62% of the vote in 2020, and the 25 counties declared to be a disaster area after Helene, while Democratic President Joe Biden won about 51% in the remainder of the state according to a Reuters analysis.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Emergency responders warn residents not to self-deploy to disaster areas.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 28 Sep. 2024
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Federal tax relief is available for people in disaster areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS said.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
Trump won about 62% of the vote in 2020, and the 25 counties declared to be a disaster area after Helene, while Democratic President Joe Biden won about 51% in the remainder of the state according to a Reuters analysis.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Emergency responders warn residents not to self-deploy to disaster areas.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Disaster area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20area. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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