a disaster waiting to happen

This is the definition of American English. Display English definition that the UK is waiting for disaster

FSLIC's bankruptcy is not temporary, FSLIC is a disaster that has been waiting for years. Many public policies dating back to the 1930s caused disasters. Some policies are very interesting, but they are misunderstanding. Others have lost historical reasons. Still others are anxious to postpone the resolution of the rapidly deteriorating situation. However, all of these policies made the S & L problem extremely worse, making its final solution more difficult and expensive. When the disaster eventually hit the S & L industry in 1980, the federal government managed it very strictly.

The expansion of the drilling in the Atlantic and the Gulf is an ambush disaster. Almost all the state governments on the east coast have this proposal. Ocean drilling pollutes the environment, exacerbates climate change and threatens the regional economy. Ocean drilling also requires seismic testing, which is particularly devastating for marine mammals. The whale on the right of the North Atlantic, which is at great risk, is on the verge of extinction during our lifetime. Many other species, such as the sea turtle, have finally begun on the path of recovery. This is a proposal that may compromise decades of progress. The federal government should take action to reduce the many threats faced by oceans and marine organisms, rather than increasing them. The economic and ecological trauma caused by the "deep sea horizon" disaster is still fresh in the hearts of many people.

Mosul dam is an engineering disaster waiting. In early 2007, the US Army Corps of Engineers called it "the most dangerous dam in the world". Sexual hole. . In 2011, the Iraqi government will conclude a contract of 2 billion euros with a German-based engineering company Bauer Group to secure the safety of the dam by building the underground wall around its foundation Decided. However, as the company calls it "political turmoil", the plan is on hold. As a safety measure to capture the walls of moving floods, no plan is planned to build another dam downstream.