How to Use natural disaster in a Sentence

natural disaster

noun
  • This is the worst natural disaster to strike the region in over 50 years.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2023
  • So far, the answer seems to be that both natural disasters played a role, in a kind of one-two punch.
    WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Some of this is because of the threat of natural disasters.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The items on this list will apply for all types of natural disasters.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The Rio Grande do Sul floods are just the latest recent natural disasters in Brazil.
    Fox News, 3 May 2024
  • The fire is the country’s deadliest since 1918 and marks one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
  • This, in a year of natural disaster which has known the worst levels of flooding of the Congo river since 1961.
    Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
  • And the tanks pose a risk of additional leaks due to age or natural disasters.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
  • Over the past five years, there has been a 90% increase in fundraisers for natural disasters on GoFundMe.
    Bypeter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 11 July 2024
  • But the system is not built to respond to a major natural disaster.
    Claire Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The deep state doesn’t just protect us from natural disasters.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Musk dispatched terminals to places reeling from natural disasters, and then to the front lines of war.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But in the event of a power outage or a natural disaster, huge generators that line the outside of the building kick on.
    Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The epic ends with the argument that stillbirth and natural disasters were all part of a cosmic order to balance the numbers on land.
    Big Think, 21 June 2024
  • As the legend goes, oarfish on the beach or in shallow waters are a sign of bad things to come—usually a natural disaster, such as an earthquake.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Once, there was a natural disaster in Haiti — a really bad one.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The complex of fires known as the Great Smoky Mountain wildfires claimed 14 lives in one of the largest natural disasters in Tennessee history.
    Jane Braxton Little, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The intrigue: Legend has it that oarfish, also known as doomsday fish, are omens of natural disasters and earthquakes.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
  • If a door stays open long enough for the Worm to fully manifest, the surrounding area will be completely wiped out as if in a natural disaster.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Then the White House issued a second plea: to fund natural disaster response in the United States, child care centers and high-speed internet.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • His mind has absorbed all the news headlines about global warming and the seeming onslaught of natural disasters.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Hilcorp braved tough market conditions, natural disasters and a pandemic, but hit record marks in spite of it all.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Keep your tech dry (or cool, or warm) The most common type of natural disaster is a flood, according to the World Health Organization.
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • The dishes that the celebrity chef’s World Central Kitchen has served during natural disasters and war are now compiled into a cookbook.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Its authors call for shifting the costs of natural disasters from the federal government to states.
    Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 27 July 2024
  • Other regions are facing extreme natural disasters and droughts, and many young people don't think enough is being done to stop it.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The parks change so much because of natural disasters, maintenance, etc.
    USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • The last year that Maricopa County’s annual heat death total fell below the deadliest natural disaster of the same year in the U.S. was 2012.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Neither candidate has the edge on the ability to handle a federal response to natural disasters.
    Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • According to Young, the public health challenges that last far beyond clean-up and recovery are something that needs to be evaluated and considered when determining how to respond to natural disasters.
    Dr. Faizah Shareef, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024

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