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disaster area

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a disaster area
1. if a place is a disaster area, it is very untidy. The kitchen was a disaster area, with greasy plates piled high in the sink.
2. if a subject, a piece of work, or an organization is a disaster area, it causes many problems, often because it is badly organized. Government housing policy is a complete disaster area.
See also: area, disaster

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2006-32 is effective for losses that arose in the Hurricane (1) Katrina disaster area after Aug.
These provisions apply to qualified Hurricane Rita individuals and qualified Hurricane Wilma individuals-people whose principal residence on September 23, 2005, was located in a disaster area and who sustained economic loss due to the hurricanes.
Truman embarked elements of 13 Navy helicopter squadrons and by deploying close to the disaster area, shortened the mission time for operations that had previously been flown from Pensacola.
 
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