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national disasters

  • plural
    of national disaster.
    national disaster
    noun
    a disaster, especially a natural disaster, such as a flood, hurricane, or earthquake, that affects a large portion of a nation or requires the resources and powers of a national government to address it.

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The civil protection agency, deployed during national disasters, did not issue an alert until 20:15 on Tuesday evening local time, by which time several places in Valencia had been flooded for hours.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024

And of course, another deeply related and more significant reason is climate change and the ever more frequent and intense national disasters like flooding and drought that it causes or intensifies.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

On Thursday, Prawit chaired a meeting of a committee on communications during national disasters that he was previously scheduled to attend.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

But he said the most deadly threats to the United States overall are foreign adversaries, pandemics and national disasters.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020

Amid these national disasters the long reign of Wanleh closed in the year 1620.

From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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