disaster
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Is this the beginning of a disaster or a strange aberration?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
And we’re still recovering here from Hurricane Helene, a devastating climate disaster almost two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Nobody can tell if it’s a disaster because it’s already a disaster.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
David Tamayo, head of Colombia's disaster relief agency, acknowledged that the "likelihood of finding survivors is going to diminish" after Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This is the worst disaster ever to hit America.”
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
"I have responded to many disasters in the past, but I have never experienced a case like this."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tucked into the “quick facts” of the government’s press release, beneath ministerial quotes about climate change driving ever more severe disasters, was the quiet admission that wildfire activity “remains below the five-year average.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The 7.4-magnitude quake was Colombia's strongest in a century, according to the US Geological Survey, and one of its deadliest natural disasters in years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
On top of this, natural disasters and accidents can wipe out history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Chase and his father always got a big kick out of watching television reporters during disasters.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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