disaster

hazard resulting in an event causing significant physical damage, destruction or death
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disaster

Summary

disaster ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,090 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • disaster is a type of calamity[2].
  • disaster is a type of hazard[3].
  • disaster is a type of condition[4].
  • disaster is a type of cause of death[5].
  • disaster is a type of social issue[6].
  • disaster's Commons category is recorded as Disasters[7].
  • disaster's said to be the same as is recorded as Major Damage[8].
  • disaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Disasters[9].
  • disaster's described at URL is recorded as http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/240000-244999/242082/norma.htm[10].
  • disaster's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Disasters[11].
  • disaster's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • disaster's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox disaster[13].
  • disaster's topic has template is recorded as Template:Disasters[14].
  • disaster's has contributing factor is recorded as earthquake[15].
  • disaster's has contributing factor is recorded as conflagration[16].
  • disaster's has contributing factor is recorded as flood[17].
  • disaster's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'καταστροφή'}[18].
  • disaster's different from is recorded as Catastrophe[19].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P1120[20].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P3082[21].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P2630[22].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P1590[23].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P1561[24].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P1479[25].
  • disaster's properties for this type is recorded as P1478[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include calamity[2], hazard[3], condition[4], cause of death[5], and social issue[6].

Why It Matters

disaster ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,090 views/month).[1] disaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] disaster is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has contributing factor earthquake, conflagration, flood
    Topic has template Template:Infobox disaster, Template:Disasters
    Aliases
    Properties for this type P1120, P3082, P2630 +6
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5654, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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