A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

In January, 2010, a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, third deadliest earthquake of all time, left one million people, 10 percent of the population, homeless.

The recent tsunami, caused by an earthquake, was an unprecedented natural disaster with extensive and devastating effects.

The massive earthquake that triggered the tsunami in Asia in December 2004 had a devastating effect on Maldives.

The earthquake that occurred in the northern reaches of the Indian subcontinent on 8 October was particularly devastating.

The cluster approach had been used to guide the inter agency response to the devastating earthquake in South Asia in October 2005.

By December 2004, a year after the devastating earthquake in Bam, Islamic Republic of Iran, only 11 per cent of pledged funds had been disbursed.

Iran especially after the devastating earthquake in Bam is fully aware of the fundamental need to enhance disaster management capacities at the local and community levels.

The cluster approach was field tested for the first time during the inter agency response to the devastating earthquake in South Asia, most notably in Pakistan.

The South Asian earthquake is the most recent in a string of severe and devastating natural disasters, including the Indian Ocean tsunami and numerous hurricanes and cyclones.

Disasters like the South Asian earthquake teach us some hard lessons, the primary one being that though we cannot prevent natural disasters, we can certainly work together to mitigate their devastating impact.

The President I begin this morning by expressing our solidarity with the people of Pakistan and of its neighbours India and Afghanistan who have been tragically affected by a devastating earthquake this weekend.

He changed his mind in view of the devastating tsunami disaster along the coast of the Indian Ocean, which resulted from a great earthquake that occurred off Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in December 2004.

It has happened before. After all, dramatic political changes the fall of the Gang of Four and Deng Xiaoping s consolidation as China s supreme leader did follow shortly after the devastating Tangshan earthquake in 1976.

The devastating Kashmir earthquake is once again testing the skills of one of the world s great political survivors. General Pervez Musharraf, president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has few friends and many enemies.

We remember in particular the recent devastating earthquake in Pakistan, emphasizing the point made by the Secretary General in his report (A 60 432) that the need for effective humanitarian assistance has increased dramatically.

It had played a crucial role following many of the natural disasters of the past year, including the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and, most recently, the mudslides and flooding in Southern Mexico and Central America resulting from Hurricane Stan and the devastating earthquake on the border between India and Pakistan.

According to figures released by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency on the morning of the 30th, a devastating earthquake and the caused tsunami in the Donggala Regency in Central Sulawesi caused 420 people on 28th.

Given its established linkages with Pakistan s intelligence outfits, the group was never targeted strongly. In fact, it was even involved in rescue operations on the Pakistani side of Kashmir after the devastating 2005 earthquake there.

...With devastating precision.

During the past year, the world has witnessed natural disasters of unprecedented scope and magnitude, from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in late December 2004 to the disastrous earthquake that struck South Asia in early October.

Israel s Political Earthquake

The Hamas Earthquake

Earthquake response exercises

Earthquake in Gansu.

Japan s Coming Political Earthquake

What's happening? An earthquake?

Indonesia earthquake tsunami hundreds killed

An Earthquake in Chinese Politics?

There was an earthquake yesterday.

Never mind the Chinese earthquake.

Commenting on his country's MTR, the representative of Algeria expressed the view that the programme was too ambitious , and the needs of the country too great to be met by the meagre resources available, especially in view of the devastating earthquake in 2003.

There was an earthquake this morning.

We had an earthquake last night.

The buildings shook in the earthquake.

Polio is still a devastating, explosive disease.

The conflict had devastating consequences on children.

Shanghai Tight media control of the unrest in Tibet has been followed by what, to some, looks like far more open coverage of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province. Is this a change in China s media strategy, or just a short term change in tactics?

Shanghai Tight media control of the unrest in Tibet has been followed by what, to some, looks like far more open coverage of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province. Is this a change in China s media strategy, or just a short term change in tactics?

The Heads of State and Government of AOSIS expressed concern at the increasing incidence and magnitude of natural disasters, such as the December 26, 2004 earthquake and tsunami, and the 2004 hurricane season in the Caribbean, and their devastating effect on the communities of SIDS.

The tsunami followed a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

That's a Haiti earthquake every eight days.

Big Brother, Tibet, and the Sichuan Earthquake

It was the greatest earthquake on record.

There was widespread panic after the earthquake.