Sentence examples for scope of the catastrophe from inspiring English sources

We leaned back in disbelief at official estimates of the scope of the catastrophe.

So far, the government is following a pattern set since the nuclear accident, dismissing dangers, often prematurely, and laboring to minimize the scope of the catastrophe.

That's a lot, but more would be better — given the scope of the catastrophe, $25 million a year is not that much.

The first explosion rocked the plant soon after, belching clouds of radioactive materials and giving the world its clearest sense of the scope of the catastrophe unfolding in Japan.

"When you hear the different names and different professions, from very simple people to very high-level offices, you see the scope of the catastrophe that happened to our people and our country," said Dzhibladz.

"There is good reason to ask whether it took too long for governments in Denmark, Sweden and Norway to understand the scope of the catastrophe and of the acute need to help their citizens," the leading Norwegian daily Aftenposten wrote.

It's time we brought corporate liability law in line with the scope of this catastrophe.

The depth and scope of this catastrophe is impossible to grasp because it is just beginning.

Guided by the principle that the first step in solving a problem is to define it, members of the MIT community held back-to-back conference calls Wednesday afternoon with experts from around the United States to better understand both the scope of the earthquake catastrophe in Haiti and how their talents and knowledge could best be put to use in relief and reconstruction efforts.

He'll likely spend his first day getting briefed on the scope of the environmental catastrophe, according to Judith Enck, the regional administration from 2009 to January 2017.

The plan has too small a scope and the impact of the catastrophe is greater than expected.