natural disaster
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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
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
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
The central question is whether the Eastlands should have been prepared or if this was a natural disaster beyond all reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
I felt myself to be among the survivors of some great natural disaster, some plague, some avalanche or earthquake.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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