natural disaster

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TPS protects its holders from deportation and is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return home because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

The central question is whether the Eastlands should have been prepared or if this was a natural disaster beyond all reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Those might include establishing a federal reinsurance program that shares natural disaster risks with insurers, or covering the risk itself similarly to how the National Flood Insurance Program works.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

We can lead a full life and never personally encounter a natural disaster more violent than a storm.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan