catastrophe

But they did have one potentially innovative and surprising, if disconcerting, solution to our national public health information crisis: A.I. has the potential to help stave off a conspiratorial catastrophe during the next pandemic.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

"We have to understand that we're heading for catastrophe if we don't bend the curves" of greenhouse gas emissions, Jouzel said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

“We must decree that the country is in a state of sanitary catastrophe, epidemiological catastrophe and national catastrophe,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"In terms of tourism, the environment, and visually this is a long-term catastrophe," she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

By then there was a long and growing list of pundits who claimed they predicted the catastrophe, but a far shorter list of people who actually did.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

In the first half of 2026, insured losses from natural catastrophes were estimated at $42 billion, down from $91 billion a year before, according to the Swiss Re Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Economic losses from natural catastrophes worldwide are estimated to have reached $100 billion in the first half of this year, reinsurance group Swiss Re said Tuesday, a sharp decline from the period last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Nature is quite resilient, but it can't cope with catastrophes on this scale over and over again. It won't keep on coming back."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Nolan has anchored his “Odyssey” at the fall of the Bronze Age, a once-great era toppled by wealth-hoarding, diminished trade and climate catastrophes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Some magical catastrophes or accidents are simply too glaringly obvious to be explained away by Muggles without the help of an outside authority.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling