Sentence examples for disasters hitting from inspiring English sources

Because of the level of preparedness for natural disasters, hitting a red is increasingly rare.

With the increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters hitting island countries like the Philippines as a direct result of global warming, my family's relationship to the sea is changing.

The bank has warned that poorer countries need to have strong balance sheets and public policies to contend with disasters, whether from financial crises emanating from the United States or from natural disasters hitting at home.

I'm certainly afraid of disasters hitting people I love, or even people I don't know, and I'm certainly afraid of the terrible mistakes governments are making because I can see the consequences coming along the line.

Not lost on Mr. Emmerich was the potential outrage from showing realistic disasters hitting California, a state plagued by wildfires and earthquakes, or toppling city towers in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

The program has already been used in some of the most dire crises worldwide — including in the recent hurricane Harvey and Irma disasters hitting the United States.

Each year, more than 400 natural disasters hit the world.

Almost without fail, natural disasters hit poorer people harder than wealthier people.

Had the disasters hit a more distant corner of the country, things might have been different.

"Those who spell disasters hit the consciousness of Turkishness and fell apart," he said.

"When these kinds of natural disasters hit, what really matters is the people on the ground," he told emergency workers.