natural disaster

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Cyclone Senyar ravaged Sumatra in late November, killing more than 1,000 people in Southeast Asia's deadliest natural disaster for 2025.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In most U.S. states, Indiana included, when a healthy tree falls onto a neighbor’s property during a storm or other natural disaster, each property owner is responsible for the damage on their own land.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

It really makes clear that the responsibility for fixing a natural disaster is mostly going to fall on the states.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

The United States grants TPS to people deemed to be in danger if they return to their home countries because of war, natural disaster or other "extraordinary" circumstances.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Still, even though there wasn’t a natural disaster or atomic bomb attack, Mickey Mantle was almost enough.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt