Catastrophe Event

A Catastrophe Event is an event that is an extremely large-scale disaster.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Local Catastrophe to being a Global Catastrophe.
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• Example(s):
  • a Nuclear Catastrophe.
  • a Global Warming Catastrophe.
• See: Disaster, Catastrophe Theory, Catastrophic Failure, Black Swan Event.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/catastrophe Retrieved:2014-11-17.
  • A catastrophe is an extremely large-scale disaster, a horrible event. Catastrophe comes from the Greek word καταστροφή, meaning "overturn."

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