It left behind catastrophic death and destruction, untold misery and immeasurable suffering.

States have the greatest capabilities, but non state actors are more likely to initiate a catastrophic attack.

Such a scenario would, of course, spell disaster for Afghanistan. But the implications would be far broader.

What happened to me might have been catastrophic, if not for the fact that I was in reach of good surgical access.

You saw in the video a parachute breaking. That would be a bad day, you know, if that happened, so we have to test, because we are deploying this parachute at supersonic speeds.

Convened by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the massive refugee crisis triggered by Hitler s virulent anti Semitism, the Évian conference was a catastrophe. And its disastrous outcome needs to be recalled in the light of Europe s current migration crisis.

As the old joke goes, if you want to go there, I wouldn't start here. But here in the monetary union is where Greece finds itself, and leaving in a lurch without a plan B would be disastrous.