Sentence examples for staggering disaster from inspiring English sources

It was a staggering disaster.

As Pakistan grapples with a staggering disaster that has left millions homeless and many more cut off without food or clean water, the urgency of the situation was made clear to Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who broke up a visit to Afghanistan to view the flood damage here on Thursday.

"That's got to come from the New Zealand Cricket board and from the leadership, otherwise we're going to stagger from disaster to disaster I think.

So NMEC's share of the sale proceeds will exceed substantially the projected sum of £15m, but no details of the bids have been released.As the Dome has staggered from disaster to disaster, short of visitors and bleeding cash, the need for sacrificial victims has increased.

With both parties having spent much of the past week staggering from one foreseeable disaster to the next, the first live TV leaders' debate – technically more of a live Q&A with the possibility of a brush past near the toilets – was mostly an exercise in damage limitation.

For the interview he was dapper in a suit and tie and looked well for a 47-year-old who had for most of his life staggered from one disaster to another.

To the Editor: The environmental and economic damage from the Deepwater Horizon disaster will surely be staggering.

For a disaster is looming over the peoples of this region - and unless there is a quantum shift in our efforts to confront HIV/AIDS, the scale of that disaster will be truly staggering.

Its vibrant arts scene celebrated the country's creation, and its public buildings sought to capture the elegance of a past that Haitians held onto though political trauma, staggering violence and a string of natural disasters.

More than simply a shared tragedy, the Kursk disaster psychologically staggered many here who seemed to feel that Russia's last bragging rights -- to technological excellence, to military competence, to first-tier global status -- went down with the biggest and most fearsome boat in its submarine arsenal.

But even in a country long used to natural disasters, the scale of the devastation is staggering.