Opponents say the government's policy is 'a disaster waiting to happen'. [=something that will probably have a very bad or tragic result]
The government's policy is 'a recipe for disaster'. = The government is 'flirting with disaster' by pursuing this policy.
The earthquake was one of the worst 'natural disasters' [=a disaster caused by natural forces] of this century.
(..) Oblivious. Did you know that the first Matrix ... ... was designed to be a perfect human world where none suffered ... ... where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believe that ... ... we lacked the programming language (..)1999 The Matrix