disaster
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Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called the fires “the worst natural disaster our region has faced.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Local media have quoted La Guaira Governor Jose Alejandro Teran as saying around 1,400 people remain missing after the disaster.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
But on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon, where six homes have been destroyed this week, the flames are a real disaster, says top official Edward Henderson.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
In the summer of 1999, 11-year-old Anton Honchanka was looking to escape his contaminated hometown following history's worst nuclear disaster.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
That would be a disaster if a train collided with Cleopatra’s Needle.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
What are some of the most notable examples of related-party transactions turning into financial disasters?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Monsoon-related disasters are an annual occurrence across India after the region's long summers when many parts of the country face water scarcity and drought.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Canada has helped during natural disasters in the US, he noted, such as Hurricane Helene and wildfires in California.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The 253-page report examines the purported scientific advances in quantifying the extent to which CO2 emissions contribute to natural disasters and extreme weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
One after another, disasters visited his sleep and shook him awake.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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