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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)

Example Sentences

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?
Recent Examples on the Web Also on Monday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday declared the monkeypox virus a public health emergency, and declared the state a disaster area regarding the disease. CBS News, 2 Aug. 2022 For example, travel insurance companies generally won't evacuate you from a disaster area. Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022 Application deadlines vary according to when a county was declared an agricultural disaster area. Chron, 8 May 2022 On Tuesday, Pace-O-Matic issued a press release announcing the company's $125,000 contribution to the Kentucky FOP to buy equipment for its disaster area response team. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2022 Residents in Kiev reached by telephone early this morning said all bus service in the city had been suspended so that the vehicles could be used to evacuate the disaster area. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022 Investigators also compared the footage to a 2018 TV news report in San Francisco on his arrest for violating orders not to enter a disaster area after a wildfire. Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022 But more and more studies are finding that the negative mental health effects of disasters extend far beyond the immediate disaster area. Anthony Steven Dick, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2022 Mae Ramphueng Beach in Rayong province was declared a disaster area after some oil came ashore there late on Friday. CNN, 30 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of disaster area was in 1911

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