natural disaster

Example Sentences

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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

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

But on Tuesday, California Sen. Adam Schiff said he will be introducing legislation that would limit large corporate investors, such as private equity firms, from purchasing properties after a natural disaster.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

I felt myself to be among the survivors of some great natural disaster, some plague, some avalanche or earthquake.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates