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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Residents and businesses in parts of the country declared FEMA disaster areas have more time
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Brian Sloan, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
What To Know On Friday, Trump visited disaster areas in North Carolina where Hurricane Helene ripped through the state in September 2024 and in California where authorities had contained or push back wildfires that ravaged parts of Los Angeles County earlier this month.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Since the early days of the hurricane response, Mr. Trump has made a number of accusations about the Biden administration’s response to Hurricane Helene that were debunked by the local, state and federal authorities in the disaster areas.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump has claimed this process has not worked well and hurt people in disaster areas.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Brian Sloan, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
What To Know On Friday, Trump visited disaster areas in North Carolina where Hurricane Helene ripped through the state in September 2024 and in California where authorities had contained or push back wildfires that ravaged parts of Los Angeles County earlier this month.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Since the early days of the hurricane response, Mr. Trump has made a number of accusations about the Biden administration’s response to Hurricane Helene that were debunked by the local, state and federal authorities in the disaster areas.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump has claimed this process has not worked well and hurt people in disaster areas.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disaster area
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“Disaster area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20area. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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