disasters

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It’s a question of what do we do about these smaller disasters that can still upend people’s lives, can still cause millions of dollars of damage that states have to deal with, but aren’t catastrophes.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

Wars, diseases, revolutions, depressions, bankruptcies, financial crises and natural disasters all swept through history and wiped out wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“So insurance had to cover all the disasters that happened with the fires,” Delilah replied.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Seventy four thousand years ago, Earth experienced one of the most powerful volcanic disasters in the past 2.5 million years.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Her aunt had come second in the series of disasters that had ended Elizabeth’s childhood.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin