natural disaster

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In most U.S. states, Indiana included, when a healthy tree falls onto a neighbor’s property during a storm or other natural disaster, each property owner is responsible for the damage on their own land.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

It really makes clear that the responsibility for fixing a natural disaster is mostly going to fall on the states.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

If, god forbid, there’s a natural disaster in L.A. in the near future, Jena Malone might be one of your first responders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

TPS protects its holders from deportation and is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return home because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Why wouldn’t the same principle apply in the case of a devastating natural disaster, such as a plague?

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy