natural disaster
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Venezuelans in quake-affected areas have expressed anger over the state's response to the natural disaster.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
One contemporary Florentine writer considered it the worst natural disaster since the biblical flood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 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
It really makes clear that the responsibility for fixing a natural disaster is mostly going to fall on the states.
From Slate • May 21, 2026
“Do you remember when we weren’t dealing with a new natural disaster every week?”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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