The phrase "a disaster such as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when providing examples of disasters to illustrate a point or to specify the type of disaster being discussed.
Example: "Natural events can lead to significant consequences, a disaster such as a hurricane can devastate entire communities."
Alternatives: "an event like" or "a calamity such as".
It is surely odd that a chief executive can come under more pressure over cutting a dividend than for seeing a disaster such as Samarco strike at one of its mines.
In addressing the questions posed by a disaster such as this one — should a doctor treat the thirty-three-year-old man with two children, or the fifty-year-old nurse whose children are fully grown?
EUROPE is not so rich in software success stories that it can shrug off a disaster such as that gripping Lernout & Hauspie (L&H), a pioneer of speech-recognition and machine translation technology.
I believe that life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as a sudden nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus, or other dangers.
Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers..
A disaster such as Hurricane Katrina can result in extensive devastation to graduate medical education programs.
The two-week exercise had two major aims: to practise a response to a natural disaster such as a cyclone or tsunami in low-lying islands, and to deliver a series of aid programmes to Tuvalu.
4. Create a three-dimensional model of a "natural disaster," such as a tsunami, earthquake or forest fire.
A natural disaster such as a hurricane or a major flood could upset the existing reservoir and send its contents downstream all at once.
A nonprofit collecting used books to sell, a community shoe drive, an organization looking for furniture to furnish an apartment for someone in need, or a natural disaster such as a hurricane, tornado, fire or flood, also present opportunities to give things to people who can use them.
When a massive disaster such as an earthquake or a typhoon occurs, some damage to service networks is unavoidable (e.g., electricity, water service, gas and so on).
