It took a local disaster to give birth to the Christmas Town Festival, which is the town's second most popular event.

The largest local disaster was in 1910 at Wellington Pit where 136 miners lost their lives.

The loss of the canal was a local disaster for Clarksville.

Theoretically it includes not only local disasters, but catastrophes on a grand scale.

"This appears to be a local disaster and not a global one."

For the rapid activation and response of aid to a community in the event of a local disaster.

Declaration of a local disaster would be the first step toward asking for Federal disaster relief.

The hall also serves as a place of refuge during times of local disaster.

The Governor retained ultimate responsibility for both local and statewide disasters.

This is because local disasters still leave plants in other places.