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The mountainous and poorly developed nation was struck by a 7.8 scale earthquake on Saturday, devastating much of the country and necessitating a huge international aid effort.

Wednesday, incidentally, is the seventh anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, devastating much of the city and nearby parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and did over $100 billion in damage.

On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, devastating much of the area in its path.

In the early 1980s, torrential floods devastated much of the Salt Lake City area.

But while the areas in the path of the typhoon were devastated, much of the country was not damaged.

In March 2011 a massive underwater earthquake east of Sendai triggered a large tsunami that devastated much of the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (northeastern Honshu).

"When Sandy hit, I used them for tracking down information," said Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Search Engine Land, referring to the 2012 storm that devastated much of the East Coast.

The aftershock had a magnitude of 7.1, according to the United States Geological Survey; last month's quake, which devastated much of the northeastern coast, was measured at 9.0.

The economy has devastated much of the seasonal rental market around the country, which means there are great houses left for procrastinators.

New Orleans was one of 16 finalists and has attracted major conventions since the hurricane devastated much of the city more than two years ago.

A nuclear war has devastated much of the world; Britain's Labour government has succeeded in its disarmament policies so the UK is largely unscathed.