katastrofaf(wydarzenie nagłe, tragiczne w skutkach, w którym ktoś ucierpiał lub poniósł śmierć, które spowodowało straty materialne; The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid)