natural disaster
noun
: a sudden and terrible event in nature (such as a hurricane, tornado, or flood) that usually results in serious damage and many deaths
The earthquake was one of the worst natural disasters of this century.
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Musk dispatched terminals to places reeling from natural disasters, and then to the front lines of war.
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Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
The following year, the Japanese government revised its natural disaster scenarios and found that some 323,000 people could die in a worst-case scenario earthquake on the Nankai Trough, mostly from tsunami effects.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
Editor’s Note: Design for Impact is a series spotlighting architectural solutions for communities displaced by the climate crisis, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies.
—Christy Choi, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Stephen Curran, a psychologist who specialized in police departments and natural disasters, died of pancreatic cancer July 4 at home in Cockeysville.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
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Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
The following year, the Japanese government revised its natural disaster scenarios and found that some 323,000 people could die in a worst-case scenario earthquake on the Nankai Trough, mostly from tsunami effects.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
Editor’s Note: Design for Impact is a series spotlighting architectural solutions for communities displaced by the climate crisis, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies.
—Christy Choi, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Stephen Curran, a psychologist who specialized in police departments and natural disasters, died of pancreatic cancer July 4 at home in Cockeysville.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Natural disaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20disaster. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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