disasters

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Created in 1990, T.P.S. protects immigrants who are unable to return to their home countries because of violence, natural disasters or other great danger.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Movement on the northern edge of the Caribbean plate caused the magnitude 7 earthquake in 2010 in Haiti that killed 316,000 people, one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

They speak of a lack of aid, which often means reconstruction in the wake of disasters proves impossible.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

A 1990 law lets the Secretary of Homeland Security provide quasi-legal status to migrants if they can’t safely return to their home countries because of armed conflicts, natural disasters, or other “extraordinary and temporary conditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The horseless carriage was just arriving in San Francisco, and its debut was turning into one of those colorfully unmitigated disasters that bring misery to everyone but historians.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand