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Though joined by common disaster, they are meet-cute opposites: Odessa blingy, fatalistic and cool; Angela nerdy, anxious and eager to please.

“If it was only for Japanese people we can say ‘an earthquake has occurred,’” said Kazuki Matsumoto, an official at the land ministry, describing a common disaster announcement.

“A common disaster united everyone, and people are doing their best not to stay away and help each other,” said Meder Myrzayev, a coordinator of the group.

Each of the country’s over 30 million small businesses has unique needs and challenges in the face of a common disaster.

Flooding, the costliest and most common disaster in the United States, leaves no part of the country untouched: from nor’easters along the coast of Maine, to king tides in Florida, to overflowing rivers in Nebraska, to mudslides in California.