"severity of the disaster" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe the magnitude of a crisis or calamity. For example, "The severity of the hurricane was unprecedented and caused widespread destruction."
Commercial vacancies in midtown are going up, and downtown it's a little bit harder to measure because of the severity of the disaster.
In a request sent last month to President Obama, Gov. Rick Perry wrote that the magnitude and severity of the disaster exceeded state and local resources.
What's clear is that the severity of the disaster is likely to materially affect the attitude of a substantial portion of the public towards nuclear energy.
In a public debate with Dutt (which Gilmour thinks Curzon won), the Viceroy blamed the vicissitudes of climate rather than any government policy for the severity of the disaster.
Normally it takes seven years before a missing person is declared dead, but Mr. Bahuguna said that considering the severity of the disaster, the government decided to shorten the waiting period.
Payouts are based simply on the severity of the disaster (in Haiti's case, the magnitude of the earthquake), and the amount of coverage purchased, and are paid out in two weeks.
We conducted an exploratory analysis of the country/region-level natural hazard-induced disaster impacts data across the globe to provide insights on the spatial distribution of the severity of the disasters.
In our study, we do not account for the effect generated by the specific type and severity of the disasters but only for the effect generated by the number of disaster occurrences.
Since the study investigates the effect of the number of disaster occurrences (and not the effect generated by the specific type and severity of the disasters), when the number of disaster occurrences increases, then the probability of having high impact disasters within those occurrences also increases.
It's a grim reminder of the severity of this disaster and how difficult the task will be to rebuild shattered communities.
What effect does traditional disaster response have on the creation or severity of the "second disaster" stage identified in natural disaster research (e.g., Raphael 1986)?
