Noun
a region whose population is affected by a general disaster
Source: WordNetA more revealing — and more difficult to ascertain — stat is the share of homeowners in a disaster area who actually have flood insurance. Source: Internet
Due to extreme flooding, the county has been declared a disaster area three times in the past 20 years and hit a culmination in 2011 when Gov. Jerry Brown declared the county in a state of emergency. Source: Internet
Regarding recovery, Ambassador Kadmiri explained that, on the instructions of King Mohammed VI, the Government of Morocco had dispatched a C-130 cargo plane with relief supplies to the disaster area. Source: Internet
Rescue workers search in El Rodeo, one of the hamlets in the disaster area near the Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 5, 2018. Source: Internet
FEMA inspectors are responsible for covering a disaster area that includes 39 counties along the Texas Gulf Coast. Source: Internet
Instead, using the fact that the city was declared a disaster area, the resolution names the entire city as the blighted, slum area as the focus of the city’s urban renewal plan. Source: Internet