Sentence examples for catastrophic tsunami from inspiring English sources

Saturday, as the region prepared for what federal officials said could be a dangerous — but most likely not catastrophic — tsunami.

An early-warning system proposed after the catastrophic tsunami of December 2004 is not yet operational, but might not have saved many lives.

A catastrophic tsunami in 2004 only sharpened hostility between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels, as they squabbled over reconstruction.

As it escalates rapidly, attention is swinging from the victims and survivors of the catastrophic tsunami damage along the coast to the horrifying possibility of yet greater dangers posed by the compromised reactors.

The survivors of the 9.0 earthquake, catastrophic tsunami and Level-7 nuclear-reactor meltdown last March, which killed more than 15,000 and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes, were all told "sho ga nai" or "gambatte," reminding them to carry on or try harder.

Independent observers think he had a point.The Tigers had also been angered by the time taken to set up a "joint mechanism" for the distribution in the areas they control of the international aid promised to Sri Lanka after last December's catastrophic tsunami.

The recent occurrences of catastrophic tsunamis in the world's oceans have also raised awareness about tsunamis that might take place around the Marmara coasts.

Observations of ionospheric manifestations of recent catastrophic tsunamis (Artru et al. 2005; Makela et al. 2011; Galvan et al. 2012) serve as a spectacular manifestation of radiation of acoustic-gravity atmospheric waves by IGWs in the ocean.

In another example from northern Europe, historical evidence shows that Norway has witnessed two to three catastrophic tsunamis per century, resulting in a total of 250 fatalities over the last four hundred years (Harbitz et al. 2014).

But for many, it was the catastrophic Asian tsunami in 2004 that finally placed Phuket on the map.

The catastrophic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan depressed global markets in March, and may have shaved a few tenths of a percentage point off America's growth.