Environmental Disasters

noun a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger

adjective relating to or denoting a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger

• The country is facing an economic crisis due to the recent downturn in the stock market.
• We're in a bit of a crisis here, trying to figure out how to fix the problem.
• This crisis is really messing things up for everyone.
• In the midst of a personal crisis, she found strength she never knew she had.

noun a region suffering from prolonged drought and dust storms, especially one in the central United States in the 1930s

• The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
• My grandparents used to tell me stories about living through the Dust Bowl and how it affected their farm.
• Back in the day, the Dust Bowl was like a giant dirt party that nobody wanted to attend.
• After the economic crash, the company's financial situation resembled a Dust Bowl, with no signs of growth or recovery.

noun a blend of the words 'air' and 'apocalypse', used to describe a severe or catastrophic air pollution event

• The airpocalypse in the city has prompted the government to implement stricter air quality regulations.
• I can't go outside today because of the airpocalypse, it's too smoggy.
• The airpocalypse is making it hard to breathe out there, it's like a pollution party.
• The airpocalypse of negativity in the office is really bringing everyone down.

noun a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current

• The haboob swept through the desert, causing visibility to drop to near zero.
• I heard there's a haboob coming our way, better batten down the hatches!
• That haboob was gnarly, dude! Couldn't see a thing!
• The political scandal was like a haboob, engulfing everything in its path.