disaster area
noun
: an area officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (such as emergency loans and relief supplies)
Examples of disaster area in a Sentence
After the hurricane, the state was declared a disaster area.
His office is a disaster area. How can he find anything in all this clutter?
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Bangkok, home to more than 11 million people, has been declared a disaster area.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Officials there declared the city a disaster area to facilitate interagency aid and emergency help.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Screaming and panic as buildings swayed Bangkok’s city hall declared the city a disaster area to facilitate the response.
—David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Jimmy Patronis, State Fire Marshal and CFO for the State of Florida, emphasized the importance of a failover from 5G to a satellite network connection for disaster areas or areas with limited connectivity.
—Maribel Lopez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Officials there declared the city a disaster area to facilitate interagency aid and emergency help.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Screaming and panic as buildings swayed Bangkok’s city hall declared the city a disaster area to facilitate the response.
—David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Jimmy Patronis, State Fire Marshal and CFO for the State of Florida, emphasized the importance of a failover from 5G to a satellite network connection for disaster areas or areas with limited connectivity.
—Maribel Lopez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disaster area
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“Disaster area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20area. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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