Disaster

Words related to a disaster.

• What general words refer to a disaster?
  disaster catastrophe tragedy calamity crisis emergency
• What words refer to a natural disaster?
  natural disaster 'act of God'
• What words describe an event that causes a disaster?
  disastrous catastrophic tragic
• What types of disasters are there?
  epidemic (of disease) forest/grass fire storm famine plague (of insects) earthquake war