disaster area

1. An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.

   Much of the central Gulf Coast was declared a disaster area after hurricane Katrina.

   Katastrophengebiet

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2. (also, figuratively)An area that looks like one that has suffered a natural disaster.

   Your room is a disaster area.

1. There were three hundred cardboard boxes filled with old clothes ready to be sent to the disaster area.

   ruТриста картонных коробок, заполненных старой одеждой, были готовы к отправке в разрушенные районы.

   deDreihundert Kartons mit alten Kleidungsstücken waren bereit, ins Katastrophengebiet gebracht zu werden.

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2. I live near an environmental disaster area.

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3. Relief supplies were raced to the disaster area.

   deHilfsgüter wurden im Eiltempo in das Katastrophengebiet gebracht.

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4. The Red Cross constantly supplies food to the disaster areas.

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5. Google has launched an online person finder to help people reconnect with those in the disaster areas.

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