Sentence examples for disastrous waves from inspiring English sources

KUALA MUDA, Malaysia, 21 March 2005 - Experienced fishermen around the Kedah area of Malaysia, long accustomed to the normal hazards of the sea, recall trembling in fear on the night of 27 December 2004, as they heard shouts of another tsunami approaching their shores - one day after the disastrous waves which devastated countries around the Indian Ocean.

KUALA MUDA KEDAH, Malaysia, 21 March 2005 - Experienced fishermen around the Kedah area of Malaysia, long accustomed to the normal hazards of the sea, recall trembling in fear on the night of 27 December 2004, as they heard shouts of another tsunami approaching their shores - one day after the disastrous waves which devastated countries around the Indian Ocean.

Real estate bonanzas from Spain to Southern California gave way to a disastrous wave of foreclosures, eliminating construction jobs.

The anticipated result is another disastrous wave of foreclosures.

If those actions had not been taken, significant avalanches of debris from the Sherman Crater area could have swept directly into the reservoir, triggering a disastrous wave that could have caused human fatalities and damage to the reservoir.

One of the few areas in eastern Molokai suited to agriculture and renowned for the taro root grown there, Halawa Valley supported hundreds of Hawaiians until disastrous tidal waves (1946 and 1957) destroyed most of the buildings and much of the vegetation.

Sitting at the witness table flanked by his deputies Wolfowitz and Aldridge, he frequently referred to a complicated color chart meant to illustrate that continuing with the Crusader would cause a disastrous "bow wave" funding problem in the near future — that is, hinder the financing of newer systems.

A shortage of physicians and inadequate hospital capacity were said to be key factors behind the deaths of some fifteen thousand elderly citizens from a disastrous heat wave that struck France in August of 2003.

We analyzed day-to-day variations in the number of deaths in Moscow, Russia, in relation to air pollution levels and temperature during the disastrous heat wave and wildfire of 2010.

Plant hydraulic conductance does not limit stomatal openness under moist weather conditions, but it could become crucial in climate extremes (severe drought, disastrous heat wave), which are scarcely predictable and yet will become more frequent in the future [ 8].

Kohn's last book, "Hot Time in the Old Town," explained how New York's disastrous 1896 heat wave, which occurred while Roosevelt was the police commissioner, helped vault the young man onto the political stage.