Sentence examples for experienced disaster from inspiring English sources

The Lebanese have experienced disaster before, and few wish to go through it again.

In 1963 this project experienced disaster when a giant landslide filled the reservoir, causing a huge wave to overtop the dam, with large loss of life.

Runyan almost experienced disaster on the third lap when chain-reaction bumping forced her to reach out and touch the back of Shayne Culpepper to maintain her own balance.

Then there were those who barely missed and experienced disaster.

The majority of respondents experienced disaster exposure; 62.1% witnessed death or suffering of others, 35.7% were chased or caught by the waves and 7.3% reported that a close family member or friend perished in the tsunami.

Such incidents had previously fallen under the remit of the National Emergency Management Agency, an independent group of 500 experienced disaster workers.

"If you look around the world at cities which have experienced disasters, it is single-purpose organisations that are the most efficient," said Cera's chief executive, Roger Sutton.

One is Stephen Kagann, the chief economist for Gov. George E. Pataki, who said yesterday that many areas that had experienced disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes had seen their economies bounce back quickly when federal aid and insurance money kicked in.

We found that among the top six countries in the world that have experienced disasters most frequently, India ranks first, followed by Indonesia, the United States, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Mexico.

Men and women are equally affected by disasters, but they experience disaster in different ways.

Moreover, the existing MRFs-based system experiences disaster in decoded picture quality if any frame is lost during transmission.