Sentence examples for disaster that hit from inspiring English sources
He closed a university and turned it into a prison, lived through a plane crash, and showed up for just about every natural disaster that hit the state.
Ulster Bank's lowly position is perhaps unsurprising given the IT disaster that hit it and parent group RBS/NatWest in June and July 2012.
Hundreds of people in central Italy woke up in makeshift shelters in a state of shock and exhaustion after the region was hit by two earthquakes that brought back memories of the disaster that hit the area two months ago.
Mr. Earley, who was born on Long Island, said the extent of the blackout appeared to be wider than the last large disaster that hit New York City and spread to Canada in 1965.
Earlier, the Nikkei 225 index plunged 6.2 percent to close at 9,620.49 points, its lowest level since November, even as Japan's central bank pumped cash into the financial system and eased monetary policy to try and shield the country's economy from the disaster that hit northeastern Japan on Friday.
Today, thanks to higher protective barriers and elevated equipment at power stations, a recurrence on that scale is less likely — unless, of course, there's a prolonged and severe heat wave, akin to the three-week disaster that hit Europe in 2003, and soaring demand proves impossible to meet.
An earthquake or hurricane can quickly overwhelm even a well-off state, and only the federal government can properly coordinate the response to a disaster that hits an entire region.
The natural disasters that hit Japan on March 11th continued to have an impact on supply chains, especially for carmakers.
OF THE many sad stories that have emerged from the disasters that hit north-eastern Japan on March 11th, this is not the saddest.
SOMESHPUR, Bangladesh — To many outsiders, Bangladesh is best known for its poverty and the natural disasters that hit it with depressing regularity.
Still, while most Americans were out buying the goods that make everyday life possible, the disasters that hit Manhattan and Washington clearly raised concerns about long-term economic consequences.
