disaster
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After the disaster of the 2003 live-action “The Cat in the Hat” starring Mike Myers, Geisel’s widow Audrey decided she would no longer allow any more live-action adaptations of her husband’s work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The C-130 Hercules plane left the Indonesian capital Jakarta for East Kalimantan province on Thursday to join local water-bombing efforts, the Indonesian disaster agency chief said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
A funeral for the 69 victims at Urda will take place on Tuesday at Toledo cathedral, in the same province that the disaster happened.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
"This is a disaster of the first magnitude. Nobody saw it coming like this."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Of those affected by the earthquake and tsunami, more than 47,000 people were still displaced from their homes nine years after the disaster.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
But a long list of challenges awaits: grappling with worst-in-the-nation unemployment, solving the housing crisis, and preparing for and responding to seemingly endless fires, floods and other natural disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Adaptation finance is aimed at protecting countries from a changing climate, with measures ranging from building sea walls and levees to planting drought-resistant crops or making homes more resilient to natural disasters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Countries facing extreme weather, natural disasters and fraught geopolitical situations regularly issue preparedness guidance - some even delivering booklets directly to homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Wednesday's tragedy was one of the worst rail disasters in Europe's modern history, and Spain's worst crash since 2013.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The effect of his injury on the masters seemed deeper than after other disasters I remembered there.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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