disaster

“You’re trying to navigate a natural disaster and you’re trying to navigate a man-made disaster. You’re always in a disaster, and there’s no break.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The government has drawn up recommendations for households to have three days' worth of bottled water and tinned food to deal with a crisis such as a war, an online attack or a natural disaster.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Ms. Carvajal and Ms. Ostler, both journalists, track the marriages, divorces, Catholic conversions, births and deaths of various family members against the backdrop of a vanishing way of life and impending disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

This suggests that at least some of the radioactive debris produced by the Chornobyl disaster is more chemically stable than researchers previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, which monitors releases of radioactive isotopes around the world, was also watching the unfolding disaster on the eastern coast of Japan.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Nearly a decade later, California Strong is still going strong, providing more than $3.7 million in financial relief to families affected by disasters across the state, most recently the Altadena and Palisades fires last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But since it became operational, critics have faulted both the meager pledges from governments -- $822 million to date -- and a disbursement cycle disconnected from climate disasters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Starlink could bring internet access to remote areas and provide authorities with an emergency backstop in case of natural disasters like the floods that devastated neighboring Nepal in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Such disasters can sweep across national boundaries, threatening lives, infrastructure and livelihoods far downstream - making co-operation between the countries sharing the Himalayas increasingly important.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Even we humans have achieved the dubious technical dis- tinction of being able to make our own disasters, both intentional and inadvertent.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan