natural disaster
Noun
Meaning
Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.
The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.
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One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.
I want you bad like a natural disaster. You are all I see. You are the only one I want to know.
Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster.
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.
Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.
Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days.