disasters
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But a long list of challenges awaits: grappling with worst-in-the-nation unemployment, solving the housing crisis, and preparing for and responding to seemingly endless fires, floods and other natural disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The report also addresses a "loss and damage" fund that was agreed at COP27 in Egypt in 2022 to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-linked natural disasters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
It is one of the worst rail disasters in Europe's modern history, and Spain's worst crash since 2013.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
He urged the public not to forget the tragedy, calling for such disasters never to happen again.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
If there was a silver lining, it was that the earthquake brought new funding and world attention to a country that had suffered in obscurity through too many natural, political, and health disasters.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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