Sentence examples for state of catastrophe from inspiring English sources
Declaring a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile, Bachelet said: "We have had a huge earthquake with some aftershocks.
The government declared a state of catastrophe in two regions and sent troops to keep order after looting triggered by a slow start to the aid operation.
President Michelle Bachelet, speaking at a news conference on Saturday night, called the quake "one of the worst tragedies in the last 50 years" and declared a "state of catastrophe".
A "state of catastrophe" was declared by Michelle Bachelet, the popular outgoing socialist president, and in agreement with her conservative successor, Sebastián Piñera, who is due to assume office on March 11th, she ordered several thousand army troops to be dispatched to the affected area so as to help restore order and security.
Meanwhile, police salaries have been delayed by the Rio state government, which recently declared itself in a state of "financial catastrophe".
President François Hollande said a state of "natural catastrophe" would be declared when the cabinet meets on Wednesday – a move that would trigger compensation payments.
Alone in a parking lot, surrounded by passing strangers who were oblivious to her state of personal catastrophe, she felt as though she was trapped inside of a horror movie, desperate to find the "pause" button.
It has been the target of criticism by conservatives across the US as an example of an unnecessary federal agency, with calls for its abolition, though such carping is often dropped when the critics' home states are victims of catastrophe.
The rate of Indigenous incarceration has been called an epidemic, a state of emergency, a catastrophe and a national shame.
After the meeting, the governor criticized Dean G. Skelos, the Senate Republican leader, and blamed him for forcing the state to the brink of catastrophe.
He also criticized Clinton for voting to authorize the Iraq war when she was a senator and called her handling of Libya as secretary of State a "catastrophe".
