a place where a disaster has happened and that needs special help 灾区 - (informal)
a place or situation that has a lot of problems, is a failure, or is badly organized 问题成堆的地方；灾难性局面 Housing is another disaster area for the government. 住房是政府的另一个灾区。 His office was a disaster area with papers piled everywhere. 他的办公室是个灾区，到处都是文件。