serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

catastrophic

lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude

disaster

comet or supernova viewed as evil portent; (fig.) sb or sth that brings disaster

calamity; disaster; CL:個|个[ge4]

imprisonment

natural disaster

catastrophe; cataclysmic change

victim (of a disaster)

disaster; calamity

to take measures to mitigate the impact of disasters (including prevention, preparation, and support for stricken communities)

disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity

calamity; catastrophe

disastrous; to turn into a disaster

defense against natural disasters

to ward off calamities; to avoid disaster

to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims

drought

flood; flood damage

flood

to avoid calamities

disaster area; stricken region

adversity; catastrophe; disaster

after a catastrophe; post-traumatic

disaster year; (esp.) year of poor harvest

disastrous situation; calamity

disaster

natural disaster; famine

stock market crash

insect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects

plague of locusts

disaster relief

severe disaster

disaster prevention; to protect against natural disasters

disaster caused by hail

disastrous earthquake

frost damage (to crop)

damaging storm; destructive typhoon

disaster relief funds

catastrophism; the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood

catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)

series of calamities; disaster following on disaster

disaster movie

area particularly hard-hit by a disaster; disaster area

(idiom) fire disaster; conflagration

to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious

natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)

catastrophes and unnatural phenomena; Heaven-sent warnings