In Palu, more than 16,000 people were evacuated after the disaster struck.

The primary responsibility for rebuilding lies with the disaster struck countries themselves, and reconstruction plans will reflect their priorities.

Natural disasters also affected children, as witnessed by the tsunami disaster and the Bam earthquake, which had struck one year ago.

Tragically, another, unprecedented natural disaster has struck brotherly countries of the Asia Pacific region and we express our solidarity to those countries.

Our assessments enabled our headquarters in Geneva to issue the first preliminary appeal for support just eight hours after the disaster struck.

It is now clear that it will take time for the country to regain the level of development progress that it had enjoyed before the disaster struck.

As a measure of good will after the tsunami disaster struck us, I agreed to an arrangement with the rebels for joint action in tsunami reconstruction work.

On the day after the tsunami tragedy, the Islamic Republic of Iran began sending relief consignments to the disaster struck areas and took part in the international relief operations.

Why is it that when a single disaster struck you on the day of Uhud , although you had struck the enemy in the battle of Badr with one twice as great, you said, From where is this? Say, It is from yourselves. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

Why is it that when a single disaster struck you on the day of Uhud , although you had struck the enemy in the battle of Badr with one twice as great, you said, From where is this? Say, It is from yourselves. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

Interestingly, contemporary news accounts reveal little evidence of public anger at economists after disaster struck in 1929. So why has the failure to foresee the latest crisis turned out so differently for the profession?

In the immediate aftermath of the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan, the Chinese Government provided emergency humanitarian assistance totalling 6.2 million in cash and kind and dispatched search and rescue teams to the disaster areas.

Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?

Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?

And lightning struck.

Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic) I should like, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to consider the tragic effects of the natural disaster that struck South Asia and South East Asia.

He struck a match.

Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.

So she's struck with pity.

But one really struck me.

I was struck by lightning.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?

Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?

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His house was struck by lightning.

An explosion struck them at sunrise.

An explosion struck them at sunrise.

When the planes struck and the towers collapsed, many of these women experienced the same horrors inflicted on other survivors of the disaster the overwhelming chaos and confusion, the rolling clouds of potentially toxic dust and debris, the heart pounding fear for their lives.

Today, 18 January, as we speak, the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction has just opened in the city of Kobe, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, where, it will be remembered, a severe earthquake struck the city and killed over 6,000 people 10 years ago.

Conscious of the number and scale of natural disasters and their increasing impact, including the tsunami disaster that struck the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian regions on 26 December 2004, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of displaced and homeless persons,

She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.

She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.

Other regions as well can be struck by catastrophes and tragedies similar to the one that struck South and South East Asia.

And so we struck up a deal.

It has just struck eight, hasn't it?

A string of disasters struck the region.

The big tree was struck by lightning.

So the Blast struck them at sunrise.

So the Blast struck them at sunrise.

An explosion struck them in the morning.