natural disaster
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One contemporary Florentine writer considered it the worst natural disaster since the biblical flood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Cyclone Senyar ravaged Sumatra in late November, killing more than 1,000 people in Southeast Asia's deadliest natural disaster for 2025.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
In most U.S. states, Indiana included, when a healthy tree falls onto a neighbor’s property during a storm or other natural disaster, each property owner is responsible for the damage on their own land.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
If, god forbid, there’s a natural disaster in L.A. in the near future, Jena Malone might be one of your first responders.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Danny’s trading life was man versus man, but this felt more like man versus nature: The synthetic CDO had become a synthetic natural disaster.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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