catastrophe

“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

Oman is facing an impending environmental catastrophe as an alleged Russian shadow fleet tanker leaks oil across hundreds of square kilometres near a nature reserve, NGOs warn.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Instead, it provides valuable evidence that the underground system responsible for its ancient catastrophe remains active and continues to receive new magma.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The U.S. acts to foster life-sciences experiments while minimizing the risk of a pandemic or other catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

A thought crossed Ben’s mind: These people believed that the collapse of the subprime mortgage market was unlikely precisely because it would be such a catastrophe.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

Yet he produces a fresh Arendt: less a lone intelligence surveying the 20th century’s catastrophes from above than a participant in its battered institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

TPS is granted by the government to foreign-born individuals whose home countries are unable to accommodate them, due to war, natural disasters or other catastrophes.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Shocked by the toll in human life, critics have been quick to suggest policies and procedures to ensure that the catastrophes of this season won’t be repeated.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer