Aid workers have said that an offensive risks a humanitarian catastrophe.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a humanitarian catastrophe whose effects, in lingering deaths from radiation sickness, were felt for decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The soldiers advanced along the beach from north and south, defying warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe and international appeals for a ceasefire to allow the civilians to escape.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)