disaster

• Go down in flames

  To fail spectacularly and completely, often after a promising start.

• Ground zero

  Ground zero refers to the exact point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, above, or at the center of an explosion, especially an atomic bomb, or the most severely damaged location of a disaster.

• Four horsemen of the apocalypse

  The four horsemen of the apocalypse are symbolic figures representing major calamities that precede or accompany a catastrophic end to the world or an era.

• Dumpster fire

  A dumpster fire is a chaotic, disastrous, or utterly mismanaged situation that is difficult to control or improve.

• A harbinger of doom

  Something or someone that signals the imminent arrival of disaster, catastrophe, or a terrible fate.

• A train wreck

  A disastrous or chaotic situation that is often fascinating or compelling to observe despite its awfulness.

• Open the floodgates

  To allow a large number of things to happen or be released suddenly and uncontrollably.

• Cataclysmic forecast

  A prediction of an overwhelmingly disastrous or destructive future event.

• Calamitous forecast

  A prediction of disaster or a future full of severe misfortunes.

• End of the world

  A catastrophic event or series of events leading to the complete destruction of human civilization or the planet itself.