natural disaster

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Noun

natural disaster (plural natural disasters)

Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.
The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.

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natural phenomenon

Afrikaans: natuurramp
Arabic: كارثة طبيعية
Armenian: տարերային աղետ (hy) (tarerayin aġet), բնական աղետ (hy) (bnakan aġet)
Asturian: desastre natural m
Azerbaijani: təbii fəlakət
Bashkir: тәбиғәт һәләкәте (təbiğət hələkəte)
Basque: hondamen natural
Belarusian: стыхійнае бедства n (styxijnaje bjedstva)
Bengali: প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ (prakritik durjōg)
Bulgarian: приро́дно бе́дствие n (priródno bédstvie)
Burmese: သဘာဝဘေးအန္တရာယ် (sa.bhawa.bhe:anta.ray)
Catalan: catàstrofe natural (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自然災害／自然灾害 (zh) (zìrán zāihài)
Danish: naturkatastrofe (da) c
Dutch: natuurgeweld (nl) m or f, natuurramp (nl) m
Esperanto: naturkatastrofo
Estonian: loodusõnnetus
Faroese: náttúruvanlukka
Finnish: luonnonmullistus (fi)
French: désastre naturel m, catastrophe naturelle (fr) f
Galician: catástrofe natural f
Georgian: სტიქიური უბედურება (sṭikiuri ubedureba), ბუნებრივი კატაკლიზმა (bunebrivi ḳaṭaḳlizma)
German: Naturkatastrophe (de) f
Greek: φυσική καταστροφή f (fysikí katastrofí), θεομηνία (el) f (theominía)
Haitian Creole: desas natirèl
Hebrew: אסון טבע (he)
Hindi: प्राकृतिक आपदा (prākŕtik āpdā)
Hungarian: természeti katasztrófa (hu)
Interlingua: disastro natural
Italian: disastro naturale m
Japanese: 自然災害 (ja) (しぜんさいがい, shizen saigai)
Kannada: ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ವಿಕೋಪ (naisargika vikōpa)
Lithuanian: stichinė nelaimė f
Macedonian: природна катастрофа f (prirodna katastrofa)
Malayalam: പ്രകൃതിക്ഷോഭം (prakr̥tikṣōbhaṁ)
Marathi: नैसर्गिक संकट (naisargik saṅkaṭ)
Mongolian: байгалийн гамшиг (mn) (bajgaliin gamšig)
Nepali: प्राकृतिक प्रकोप (prākr̥tik prakop)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: naturkatastrofe m

Nynorsk: naturkatastrofe m
Occitan: catastròfa naturala f
Pashto: طبيعي ناورين
Polish: klęska żywiołowa (pl) f, katastrofa naturalna f, kataklizm (pl) m
Portuguese: desastre natural m
Punjabi: ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ (kudratī tabāhī)
Romanian: dezastru natural n
Russian: стихи́йное бе́дствие (ru) (stixíjnoje bédstvije)
Serbo-Croatian: prirodna katastrofa f
Sindhi: قدرتي آفت
Slovak: živelná pohroma f
Slovene: naravna katastrofa f
Spanish: desastre natural m
Swahili: maafa asilia
Swedish: naturkatastrof (sv) c
Tagalog: likas na sakuna
Tamil: இயற்கைப் பேரழிவு (iyaṟkaip pēraḻivu)
Thai: ภัยธรรมชาติ
Ukrainian: стихійне лихо (uk) n (styxijne lyxo)
Urdu: قدرتی آفت
Uzbek: tabiiy ofat
Vietnamese: thảm hoạ thiên nhiên, thiên tai (vi)
Welsh: trychineb naturiol
West Frisian: natoerramp
Western Panjabi: قدرتی تباہی

emergency situation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自然災害／自然灾害 (zh) (zìrán zāihài)
Danish: naturkatastrofe (da) c
Finnish: luonnonkatastrofi (fi)
Greek: φυσική καταστροφή f (fysikí katastrofí)
Hungarian: természeti katasztrófa (hu)
Italian: disastro naturale m
Japanese: 自然災害 (ja) (しぜんさいがい, shizen saigai)
Polish: stan klęski żywiołowej (pl) m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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Czech: ^{(please verify)} přírodní pohroma f
Irish: ^{(please verify)} tubaiste nádúrtha f, ^{(please verify)} anachain nádúrtha f

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