Definitions for disasters
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1. disasters

   A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are routinely divided into either "natural disasters" caused by natural hazards or "human-instigated disasters" caused from anthropogenic hazards. However, in modern times, the divide between natural, human-made and human-accelerated disasters is difficult to draw.Examples of natural hazards include avalanches, flooding, cold waves and heat waves, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, lightning, tsunamis, volcanic activity, wildfires, and winter precipitation. Examples of anthropogenic hazards include criminality, civil disorder, terrorism, war, industrial hazards, engineering hazards, power outages, fire, hazards caused by transportation, and environmental hazards. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95% of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural hazards are 20 times greater (as a percentage of gross domestic product) in developing countries than in industrialized countries.

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1. Disasters

   Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.

How to pronounce disasters?

1. Alex

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   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say disasters in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disasters in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disasters in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of disasters in a Sentence

1. James McKay:

   People are naturally drawn toward disasters as stories. If you don't have any jeopardy, you don't really have a plot, if everything's going well, there's not much dramatic tension.

2. Carolina Barbosa:

   Our study shows that people did n’t just increase their alcohol consumption for a month or two at the beginning of the pandemic – the trend held for nearly the entire year, increases in alcohol consumption have been associated with natural disasters and other large-scale events that induce stress and anxiety, and a pandemic certainly fits that description.

3. Kermit Baker:

   We've been studying home improvement for 25 years and losses from national disasters haven't been on the radar. Suddenly, we're seeing this pop up as a significant share.

4. Shelleen Shum:

   Uber's brand image took an even bigger hit than expected as it grappled with a series of scandals and PR disasters in 2017, lyft, which had been rapidly expanding its coverage, seized on the opportunity to brand itself as a more socially conscious alternative.

5. Claude T Bissell:

   The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disasters