disaster
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Born three years before the Titanic disaster and eight years before the Russian Revolution, Caterham has also lived through two world wars.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mel might be a disaster with her loud mouth and impolite antics, but her over-the-top meddling does her buddies some good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mark Perlmutter has treated patients hit by natural disaster and conflicts across 30 countries, including in his native United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The United States hasn’t necessarily experienced a water cybersecurity disaster, but worst-case scenarios are more tangible than hypothetical.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
He died at age seventy-two of kidney cancer, a disease that afflicted many of the sailors who survived the K-19 disaster.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Sometimes the fatalities resulted from catastrophic natural disasters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Two state lawmakers want cold storage companies to take care of local communities after industrial disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
They could be used by the military, for remote communities or following natural disasters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"I have responded to many disasters in the past, but I have never experienced a case like this."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Like most disasters, the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami came with little warning.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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