national disasters
- plural of national disaster.
Example Sentences
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Poor infrastructure and a patchwork of civil conflicts are severely hampering the relief effort in Myanmar, where the military has a history of suppressing the scale of national disasters.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
Alongside bird flu, extreme environmental conditions and national disasters have caused food prices to soar.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
The three countries have all declared national disasters over this year’s drought, and others have provided equally grim assessments.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
The council is unpaid and includes leaders from state and local government, law enforcement, the private sector and academia who advise the agency on issues such as immigration, terrorism, crime and national disasters.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2021
But though the country was oppressed by taxation, and disgusted at the want of success of its armies, society in St. James's Street took the national disasters with perfect composure.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
