Disasters

We must always be prepared for disasters.

Records are particularly scarce for this era, perhaps owing to a long series of natural disasters which befell the capital.

They must have been overcome by the recent disasters.

A string of disasters struck the region.

Last year, we had frequent disasters.

Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.

Man fears disasters such as floods and fires.

Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.

Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.

Previous episodes of mass extinctions were driven by natural disasters such as asteroids, but this one is driven by humans.