The phrase "actual disaster" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that is genuinely disastrous or catastrophic, often to emphasize the severity of the event.
Example: "The hurricane caused an actual disaster, leaving thousands without homes and basic necessities."
Alternatives: "real catastrophe" or "genuine calamity".
If our simulated attack had been an actual disaster, people might have died before communications were restored.
Virtually ignoring footage of the actual disaster, Mr. Levy commits to an onward-and-upward thrust that glosses over logistics and anything remotely unsavory.
We're just now nearing the inflection point where we go from brinksmanship — a negotiating tactic — to the risk of an actual disaster.
"That even with the great nuisance of having a child... these were better than such a disaster as might happen... better too than losing Hilly eventually even if no actual disaster happened".
While Nasa managers had estimated the odds of a shuttle disaster to be microscopic, engineers estimated the loss rate at about 1 in 100 flights, which is close to the actual disaster rate.
Midway through the book, an actual disaster — not unlike one of the "worst-case-scenarios" he has calculated — strikes the city in the form of a category-three hurricane, leaving much of it underwater.
I have had a few major car crashes, some of them just critical disasters but some actual disasters too".
The trouble is that when it comes to real worst cases - actual disasters - there are no "average events".
It is easier to mobilize political officials and public opinion around the impacts of actual disasters than around the cause of preventing likely, yet unrealized, future events.
Results are presented as summary reports and interactive risk maps, which can be used for land-use and emergency planning purposes by using scenario hazards, or for rapid natech consequence assessment following actual disasters.
Fire, flood and car insurance exist to protect people against actual disasters, after all, not to pay for ordinary repairs.
