disasters
Example Sentences
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One key reason for the rise in insurance costs is that carriers are factoring in recent disasters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is accelerating glacial melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
She said fossil fuel companies need to help mitigate the disasters and pay for the harm to communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
El Niño is a natural phenomenon, but it tends to bring the kind of extreme heat which also drives those disasters, Dr Alistair Hobday, chief researcher at Australia's science agency, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
When responding to disasters, one challenge for PIH and all other NGOs has been to direct as much funding as possible into on-the-ground projects.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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