disaster area

noun

: an area officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (such as emergency loans and relief supplies)

Examples of disaster area in a Sentence

After the hurricane, the state was declared a disaster area. His office is a disaster area. How can he find anything in all this clutter?

Recent Examples on the Web Traveling in a 20-ft (6-m) standard shipping container, MCC’s mobile block factory is small enough to be rapidly deployed to disaster areas or war zones, ready to make use of rubble and waste materials in these locations. —

New Atlas, 30 July 2024 But despite the entire Caribbean island being declared a disaster area after Beryl hit, cat bond investors won’t be called on to cover any costs. —

Gautam Naik, Fortune, 16 July 2024 Flashback: Congressman Don Davis, seeking federal assistance for his eastern North Carolina district, sent a letter earlier this week asking the USDA to designate his district as a disaster area due to the drought. —

Lucille Sherman, Axios, 11 July 2024 Ahead of the storm Gonsalves declared a disaster area for the whole country, while Grenada’s government declared a state of emergency. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for disaster area

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