disaster

Definition for disaster

noun as in accident, trouble

Strongest matches

calamity, catastrophe, collapse, crash, debacle, defeat, emergency, failure, fiasco, flood, harm, hazard, holocaust, mishap, setback, tragedy, woe

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adversity, affliction, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, casualty, cataclysm, collision, depression, exigency, fall, flop, grief, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, stroke, undoing, upset, washout

Weak matches

act of God, bad luck, bad news, bad thing, fell stroke, hard luck, hot water, ill luck, the worst

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Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world, making urban disasters a significant risk.

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Heavy rain in the neighbouring province of Aceh over the past few days triggered floods and landslides, prompting the evacuation of nearly 1,500 people, according to the local disaster agency.

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The Paris-based organisation said "climate-related disasters have increasing economic costs" and that "enhancing resilience will require targeted adaptation investments and robust infrastructure".

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But that approach so far has been a disaster.

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Temporary Protected Status, which was established by Congress in 1990, allows officials to grant temporary legal immigration status to people coming to the U.S. from disaster- or war-stricken countries.

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