natural disaster
Example Sentences
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It is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return to their home countries because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.
From Barron's
In 1990, Congress authorized giving temporary shelter to non-citizens from countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disaster or “extraordinary and temporary conditions” that prevent them from returning there.
From Los Angeles Times
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
The United States grants TPS to people deemed to be in danger if they return to their home countries because of war, natural disaster or other "extraordinary" circumstances.
From Barron's
Money for home repairs would generally need to be for a FEMA-declared natural disaster.
From MarketWatch
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