How to Use natural disaster in a Sentence

natural disaster

noun
  • The items on this list will apply for all types of natural disasters.
    — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • That can be due to war, conflict or a natural disaster.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • So far, the answer seems to be that both natural disasters played a role, in a kind of one-two punch.
    — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • And natural disasters is one of those.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The deep state doesn’t just protect us from natural disasters.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Every natural disaster presents a bill when it's done.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This is the worst natural disaster to strike the region in over 50 years.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2023
  • That’s in part due to the cost of responding to natural disasters.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 11 June 2026
  • How to start making your home natural disaster-proof?
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And when a natural disaster halts their call, an alarmed Adam jumps in his car to get to Tina.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
  • And the tanks pose a risk of additional leaks due to age or natural disasters.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
  • Failing to make changes ahead of time can lead to costly repairs in the event of a natural disaster.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The habit of describing war with metaphors drawn from natural disasters is as old as war writing.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The measure requires the fund to be spent on natural disasters.
    — CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But the system is not built to respond to a major natural disaster.
    — Claire Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Lay out the evacuation plan, both from the house (in case of a fire) and the area (in case of a natural disaster).
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The house could have been destroyed in an accident or as a result of a natural disaster.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But what looked like a natural disaster was the result of careful planning.
    — Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Once, there was a natural disaster in Haiti — a really bad one.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The world watched as a natural disaster became a human rights crisis.
    — Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Some filers impacted by natural disasters still have more time to file.
    — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Climate change and the natural disasters that result increase the need for all of these storage sites.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Musk dispatched terminals to places reeling from natural disasters, and then to the front lines of war.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
  • As with many natural disasters around the world, experts say the best way to help from afar is to donate funds that can best be used by these groups on the ground.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Our story tonight is about what happens after these natural disasters.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Other cities that had some of the biggest rates of population loss last year were hit by natural disasters.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Nearly 300 homes in the state were damaged due to the natural disaster.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The parks change so much because of natural disasters, maintenance, etc.
    — USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • And like a natural disaster, what emerged about Chavez was far worse than anyone could’ve expected.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Venezuela’s government has managed to make a natural disaster even worse.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

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