How to Use natural disaster in a Sentence
natural disaster
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That can be due to war, conflict or a natural disaster.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
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And natural disasters is one of those.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Every natural disaster presents a bill when it's done.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
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That’s in part due to the cost of responding to natural disasters.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 11 June 2026
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How to start making your home natural disaster-proof?
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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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
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The measure requires the fund to be spent on natural disasters.
—CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
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The house could have been destroyed in an accident or as a result of a natural disaster.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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But what looked like a natural disaster was the result of careful planning.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
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The world watched as a natural disaster became a human rights crisis.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
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Some filers impacted by natural disasters still have more time to file.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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Climate change and the natural disasters that result increase the need for all of these storage sites.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
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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
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Our story tonight is about what happens after these natural disasters.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Other cities that had some of the biggest rates of population loss last year were hit by natural disasters.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
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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
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And the government doesn't compensate for the loss of land to natural disasters.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
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Some horses survived shipwrecks off the east coast and swam to shore, while others were abandoned in the wake of natural disasters.
—Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 17 June 2026
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This safety measure protects the species against natural disasters in an area that has lost thousands of acres of greenery to fire.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
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The water main breaks were not due to an unforeseen natural disaster or terrorism.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
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The video took the city through the decades and highlighted the city’s importance in history and natural disaster .
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
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Today, there are 400 natural disasters a year.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
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The group would report on ways Indiana could become more resilient to natural disasters.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
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Finally, there are ethical issues with profiting on things such as deaths, natural disasters and wars.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
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Even without predators or natural disasters, the lifespan gaps still persisted.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
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This barrage of natural disasters isn’t slowing down, and the burden on taxpayers is untenable.
—Karen Collins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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That makes airdropping humanitarian aid parcels – whether in wartime or in the midst of natural disasters – a tricky affair.
—New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2025
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Georgia’s drought worsens as 20 more counties land on the state’s primary natural disaster list.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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What can the federal government do — and what is its role — to protect communities from this natural disaster?
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
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And with flooding and other natural disasters worsening because of climate change, such costs will continue to grow.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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