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Example sentences for: disasters

How can you use “disasters” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Why is the world unable to create an international force to provide manpower and equipment to assist in the aftermath of huge natural and manmade disasters (which seem to occur pretty reliably at least five or six times a year)?
Because property follows people, natural disasters have become more destructive: A storm that rips through Florida today shreds many more houses than it would have in 1970.
Milosevic is committing grave crimes, but the comparison of other disasters to the Holocaust has led to the diminution of its significance.
In an op-ed article, the Guardian 's Washington correspondent asked why disasters in the United States receive so much more attention in the European press than much worse disasters elsewhere.
For example, the agency is working with local governments and the building industry to strengthen building codes so that structures will be better able to withstand disasters.