natural disaster
Example Sentences
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Washington Governor Bob Ferguson said it was a "nightmare situation", adding: "This is likely the worst natural disaster in Spokane history."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"I think from a historical standpoint, this is likely the worst natural disaster in Spokane's history," Washington Governor Bob Ferguson added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
"The priority" was "saving lives," she said, though she made no secret of her concern regarding "the immense natural disaster this is causing".
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
John M. Barry’s revelatory book presents the great Mississippi flood of 1927 as a natural disaster that enabled a historic exercise of American ambition and power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Mom will be back any second, and if we don’t know anything about Hurricane Floyd, she’s going to make us recite every international election and natural disaster from memory.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
