natural disaster
Example Sentences
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It was the second natural disaster that Romero’s family had survived, after their home was destroyed in deadly mudslides in 1999 that wiped out the same coastal communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
And their devastated families were left to desperately search for any word about their loved ones - all after struggling to process the quick succession of arrest, detention, deportation, repatriation and, then, natural disaster.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
In most U.S. states, Indiana included, when a healthy tree falls onto a neighbor’s property during a storm or other natural disaster, each property owner is responsible for the damage on their own land.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
It really makes clear that the responsibility for fixing a natural disaster is mostly going to fall on the states.
From Slate ● May 21, 2026
Why wouldn’t the same principle apply in the case of a devastating natural disaster, such as a plague?
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
