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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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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

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

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

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

From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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