disaster
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The death toll from the disaster in Tibet has risen from 31 to 43, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
In Nepal, rescuers have retrieved 1,341 bodies, while around 4,996 people remain missing, according to the disaster agency.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
McLaughlin’s most notable change concerns the frame of the play, which now unfolds in a disaster relief center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
This disaster shows climate risks are international and cannot be managed by Nepal alone, suggests Manjeet Dhakal, a member of the country's climate delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The whole afternoon had been a ridiculous disaster.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But I was nonetheless relieved that Pericles’ happy ending is intact — a reassuring sight in our age of successive disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Prime Minister Balendra Shah said Nepal must "strongly raise" with the international community the disasters it has experienced as a result of climate change.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
She added the region was used to natural disasters, but that no one had expected flooding on this scale.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Utilities use AI to prepare for natural disasters and reduce power outages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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