The phrase "a string of disaster" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of unfortunate events or failures that occur in succession.
Example: "The project was plagued by a string of disaster, from budget overruns to missed deadlines."
Alternatives: "a series of misfortunes" or "a chain of calamities".
But nowadays, Nigeria's positive steps are being eclipsed by unfulfilled promises, uncontrolled violence and a string of disasters.
Silverberg, for her part, said that the experience was the latest in a string of disasters marked by heroism at the hospital: "9/11, Irene, and now this".
It was the latest in a string of disasters to hit Indonesia, including the December 2004 tsunami, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and outbreaks of bird flu.
Peter Beresford, professor of citizen participation at Essex University, says Brexit is the latest in a string of disasters that has hit social care jobs.
The club's Olympic medal haul stands at 99, and, barring a string of disasters, that number looks sure to pass 100 this summer.
In this case, however, it stretches credulity, undermining confidence in a Treasury that is already struggling to survive a string of disasters including its ham-fisted handling of the Northern Rock crisis and a fumbled reform of capital-gains tax late last year.
It's official: François Hollande, the hapless French leader who has weathered a string of disasters since his election last May, is the least popular President in recent memory.
The result was a string of disasters and groundings from 1985 to 1987, including the failure of virtually every type of major unmanned rocket in the American inventory, including the Atlas, the Delta and the Titan.
Among major international carriers, Korean Air -- 13th largest in the world -- had become a pariah after a string of disasters that began in 1983 when Flight 007 strayed over Russian territory and was shot down with 269 people aboard.
But after the agency was slow to respond to a string of disasters, including the Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area in 1989 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992, its current director, James Lee Witt, set about an overhaul.
Prior to Rana Plaza there had already been a string of disasters in Bangladesh's garment industry, culminating in the Tazreen factory fire that killed 112 people six months earlier.
