Sentence examples for wave of disaster from inspiring English sources

What follows is a programmatic sine wave of disaster and recovery as Ibrahim, whose motto is to "plant good deeds" to reap success, forges a path to the American dream through one urban nightmare after another.

Water is critical to stave off a second wave of disaster caused by waterborne disease outbreaks, especially among children.

Safe water is critical to staving off a second wave of disaster caused by disease outbreaks, especially among children.

"Our priority is to prevent a second wave of disaster and ensure against the outbreak of any life-threatening, water-borne diseases".

The teams are vital for the treatment and education of children and families, who are now being hit by a second wave of disaster – the onslaught of diseases due to the heat, unsanitary conditions and lack of safe water.

Business leaders at a luncheon of the Executives Association New York City warned Thursday that a second wave of the disaster could be headed the region's way as winter sets in, with pipes in unrepaired homes and businesses likely to freeze and burst.

We cannot yet know whether the wave of natural disasters that has begun to change the face of the Earth will drive us to a social tipping point that prioritizes collective compassion.

Which is why Eric Klinenberg, the author of "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago," says it's not enough for a city to publicize these centers.

In "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago Chicagogo; $27.50), the New York University sociologist Eric Klinenberg sets out to understand what happened during those seven days in July.

"More older people are living alone than at any point in our nation's history," said Dr. Klinenberg, the author of "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago" (University of Chicago Press, 2002).

"When I interviewed Chicago residents, they usually remembered a death toll of about 100, and generally questioned whether the medical examiner had fabricated the figures or if the media had turned a nonevent into headline news," said Dr. Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University and the author of "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago".