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

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Quentin Crisp:

   Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

2. Claude T Bissell:

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

3. Deanne Criswell:

   One of the things that I have known, and I have experienced, responding to other disasters is that there are people that often have a hard time accessing our programs, there are barriers to our program, one of our focus areas, since I’ve been in office, is to make sure that we’re removing those barriers.

4. Azwar Hasan:

   I hope this summit can bring good things for communities and save more lives when disasters come.

5. Anita Chandra:

   You’re trying to do a lot of different things for multiple types of risks and disasters, so any federal policy essentially, although they have their nuances and distinction, that doesn’t have that [flexible] orientation can be, not always, but can be difficult because they might impose too much structure.

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References

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