Sentence examples for disasters that hit from inspiring English sources

The natural disasters that hit Japan on March 11th continued to have an impact on supply chains, especially for carmakers.

SOMESHPUR, Bangladesh — To many outsiders, Bangladesh is best known for its poverty and the natural disasters that hit it with depressing regularity.

OF THE many sad stories that have emerged from the disasters that hit north-eastern Japan on March 11th, this is not the saddest.

Japan's last gasp (times two) victory over the United States in the World Cup could not help but cheer anyone who followed the rolling disasters that hit Japan this year.

HONG KONG — Asia's rapid economic progress risks being undermined by the rising number of floods, landslides and other natural disasters that hit the region, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank, published on Tuesday.

These days, few people are aware of the considerable risk that hurricanes pose for this part of the country, and think of hurricanes as disasters that hit other people in places like Louisiana and Florida.

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.