disaster shelter
Crisis housing facility
A disaster shelter is a facility providing temporary refuge for people displaced by emergencies—hurricanes, floods, fires, or other catastrophes.
Schools, community centers, and stadiums often serve as disaster shelters during crises: The Red Cross set up a disaster shelter at the high school gymnasium.
The term emphasizes the emergency nature of the accommodation, distinct from longer-term housing solutions.
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- evacuation centerTemporary refuge during disasters
- refugePlace of safety
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
- emergencySerious sudden danger
hurricane · tornado · flood · earthquake · storm cellar · cots · sleeping bags · blankets · bottled water · Red Cross · first responders · gymnasium · supplies · displaced · homeless · storm · crisis · survival
- Red CrossRed Cross, blood donation, Clara Barton, blood drive, blood drives
- emergency shelterstemporary housing, emergency housing, emergency beds, emergency bed, warming center
disaster shelterfamily home
Residence shared by kin
permanent home · homestead · ancestral home · forever home · permanent residence
disaster sheltervacation home
Dwelling for leisure travel
second home · dream home · summer house · beach house · ski chalet
disaster, shelter, disasters, disastrous, disastrously, shelters, sheltered, sheltering, unsheltered