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Crosswords: NATURAL DISASTERS |
| Specialty definitions using "NATURAL DISASTERS": acts of God ♦ catastrophes, CONTINGENCY PLANNING ♦ Emergency Conservation Program ♦ Food security ♦ Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, FY1999 ♦ PHOTOGRAPHER, AERIAL. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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Health | Sudden calamitous events producing great material damage, loss, and distress. They are the result of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, floods, etc. (references) |
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Synonym: NATURAL DISASTERSSynonym: Disasters. (additional references) |
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Health | Inhalation of airborne arthroconidia after disturbance of contaminated soil by humans or natural disasters (e.g., dust storms and earthquakes). (references) | |
Yes. Epidemics of typhus and louse-borne relapsing fever have been caused by body lice. Though typhus is no longer widespread, epidemics still occur during times of war, civil unrest, natural disasters, in refugee camps, and prisons where people live crowded together in unsanitary conditions. (references) | ||
Business | Typhoons and heavy rainfall are the most damaging natural disasters and occur between June and September. (references) | |
The number of fires and natural disasters that are causing destruction across the nation are significant and cause for concern. (references) | ||
South Korea also regularly experiences natural disasters most notably, typhoons, floods, droughts, landslides, and heavy snows. (references) | ||
Children | India | In May Kul Chandra Gautam, the Deputy Director of UNICEF, stated during a meeting of regional senior government leaders, that the "human landscape in our region continues to be characterized by poverty, underdevelopment, discrimination, environmental degradation, social upheaval, conflict and natural disasters. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | The law provides penalties for individuals who disclose information about the State during emergencies, including war and natural disasters. (references) |
Haiti | The State leases the right to broadcast to private enterprises but maintains the right to repossess the airwaves in the event of national emergencies, including natural disasters. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | Japan is a country prone to many different types of natural disasters. (references) |
Grenada | But natural disasters paved the way for the introduction of other crops. (references) | |
Moldova | Few insurance companies are insuring agricultural crops against natural disasters. (references) | |
Political Economy | Bangladesh | Bangladesh is a very poor country, occasionally beset by natural disasters that further hamper development. (references) |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But we have also faced world commodity shortages, natural disasters, agricultural shortages and major challenges to world peace and security. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let us not reserve the better angels only for natural disasters, leaving our deepest and most profound problems to petty political fighting. |
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| Language | Translations for "NATURAL DISASTERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 備' (prepare against natural disasters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | naturkatastrofer (acts of God, catastrophes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | natuurrampen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | catastrophes naturelles. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Naturkatastrophen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | φυσικές καταστροφές. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | calamit naturali. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aturalnay isastersday catástrofes naturais, calamidades naturais. (various references) catástrofes naturales. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-i-l-n-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: salutariness. | |
-5 letters: adulterants, andalusites, naturalised, naturalises, naturalists, neutralists, restaurants, saturnalias, stridulates, surrealists, transudates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 41 54 55 52 41 4C 44 49 53 41 53 54 45 52 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000001 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01000001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N A T U R A L   D I S A S T E R S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0041 0054 0055 0052 0041 004C 0044 0049 0053 0041 0053 0054 0045 0052 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)483554555235462384353355354395253 |
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