disaster

Example Sentences

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He focuses on land-use policy and conflicts across the American West and has special expertise in coverage of wildfires, mudslides, drought and other Western natural disasters.

From The Wall Street Journal

TPS prevents US officials from deporting immigrants to countries deemed unsafe whether from natural disasters, armed conflicts or other crises.

From BBC

Established by Congress in 1990, the government can grant temporary legal immigration status to people from countries facing war or disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's not going to be as stellar as they would have hoped or it would normally be... but it's not an all-out disaster either," he said.

From BBC

The longer they flew, the more they exposed themselves to the potential for disaster.

From Literature