Sentence examples for catastrophic cyclone from inspiring English sources

Another colleague had to report anonymously on the catastrophic cyclone in Myanamar for fear of the authorities.

The government response to the catastrophic Cyclone Nargis in 2008 was a toxic mixture of cynical disregard for human suffering, secrecy and incompetence.

Pious Burmese believe that the catastrophic Cyclone Nargis which struck six months later was karmic punishment for the killing of those monks.

In an influential early article, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" (1972), occasioned by the catastrophic cyclone in Bangladesh in 1971, he rejected the common prephilosophical assumption that physical proximity is a relevant factor in determining one's moral obligations to others.

To this day mystery surrounds the response of Burma's military government to the catastrophic cyclone that, on 2 May 2008, smashed into the Irrawaddy Delta, a poor but densely populated region where most of the country's rice is cultivated.

Resistance and resilience to catastrophic tropical cyclone damage vary greatly among sympatric taxa, and this heterogeneity mediates landscape-level changes following tropical cyclone damage.

Gina struck the island of Tikopia that had already sustained catastrophic damage from Cyclone Zoe less than two months previously.

The UN mission also heard stories of great sprit and valour, including that of Rowshan Ara, a woman who rescued over a dozen villagers from drowning on the catastrophic night the cyclone struck in Mirjagonj, Patuakhali.

During August 8th to 10th 2009, typhoon Morakot, a medium scale tropical cyclone, wrought catastrophic damage in Taiwan, affecting a large portion of Southern Taiwan and leaving over 600 people dead, 76 missing and 24,950 people displaced[ 21].

Furthermore, loss of functional roles can lead to decreased ecological stability [76] and ecosystems can become both less resilient to catastrophic phenomena such as cyclones [39] and less resistant to invasions by exotic species [77].

Just as his outburst was sinking in, Mr. Pandiya reverted to the fatalism many in India see as the reverse side of official malaise -- an instinct to accept whatever adversity providence throws up: earthquakes, cyclones, floods, droughts, catastrophic train crashes that claim victims not by the dozens but by the hundreds, a veritable biblical toll that has been India's lot down the ages.