Disaster

A disaster (from Greek meaning, "bad star") is a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industry often resulting in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment. Disasters manifest as hazards exacerbating vulnerable conditions and exceeding individuals' and communities' means to survive and thrive. Most events included herein are compiled from United States Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security. http://www.fema.gov/hazards/http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

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The word's roots imply that when the stars are in a bad position, a disaster is about to happen. The Latin pejorative dis and astro, star (L. aster), creating the Italian disastro, which came in to the English language in the 16th century (OED 1590) through the French desastre.

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Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Natural: 'Natural' is defined as "of or relating to nature"; this applies to both definitions of 'nature': 'essence' ("one's true nature") and 'the untouched world' ("force of nature")....

Life: :For other uses, see Life and Living...

Disaster related Images and Photos (experimental)

Disaster Area	Disaster Area	Disaster Movie	Disaster Movie
Perfect Disaster DVD Set	The Dardanelles Disaster Book (Hardcover)	DotCom - Chaos! Panic! Disaster! (My work here is done)	The Hindenburg Disaster
Five Deaths on Orange (Orange Disaster) c.1963 (orange car)	The Disaster to the Great Eastern in September 1861	The Titanic's Disaster	Aeneas Telling Dido of the Disaster at Troy 1815