It sometimes happens that a drastic action designed to prevent an unacceptable disaster may make the disaster worse. Catastrophic disasters associated with climate change are easy to invent, but the effects of remedial actions may be difficult to predict.

This is catastrophic.

Preventing catastrophic terrorism

According to Dr. Trần Chủng, head of the national construction QA QC authority under the Ministry of Construction, this is the most catastrophic disaster in the history of Vietnam's construction industry.

Dealing with the effects of this grave disaster requires immediate assistance to the inhabitants of the affected areas, who will need to take steps to prevent such catastrophic consequences in the future.

In some cases the effects could be catastrophic.

We expressed our continuing commitment to assist the affected countries and their peoples in order to fully recover from the catastrophic and traumatic effects of the disaster, including in their mid and long term rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.

Catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina have reinforced this stance.

No catastrophic earthquake or tsunami has destroyed southern Europe s productive capacity. What we are witnessing and what is now affecting the whole world is a man made disaster that can be stopped and reversed by a coordinated policy response.

The Government and, indeed, the people of my country were profoundly touched by the unprecedented scale of the disaster the catastrophic loss of human life, amounting to over 170,000 persons to date, and the magnitude of displacement, devastation and dislocation.

Nationalist excesses have tended to lead Europe to catastrophic wars.

It is becoming clear that the damage has been catastrophic.

We see a growing risk of proliferation, of catastrophic terrorism.

No catastrophic earthquake or tsunami has destroyed southern Europe s productive capacity.

In the absence of an exit mechanism, this would have catastrophic consequences.

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We must act to ensure that catastrophic terrorism never becomes a reality.

We must not allow this catastrophic scenario to become a foregone conclusion.

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

So that overmatched capability creates problems catastrophic successes the White House calls them.

The dynamics of fear are potentially catastrophic, but these dynamics can be broken.

The attempt to implant free market philosophy in Russia, for instance, proved catastrophic.

After Haiti s catastrophic earthquake in 2010, the country was dubbed the republic of NGOs.

Yet it has worked, preventing catastrophic wars while making people more civilized and cautious.

This would be catastrophic for Russia to say nothing of relations with the US.

After all, the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling would be catastrophic.

The city, located on an island in a massive flood zone, suffered catastrophic damage.

The river is prone to catastrophic flooding in spring when the Himalayan snows melt.

Over the past 25 years, continuous mine infestation had created a catastrophic situation there.

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

The catastrophic performance of France s team in South Africa may well reinforce the nation s depression.

European Union officials argue that it would be catastrophic to restructure any member s debts proactively.

After two catastrophic wars, Europeans decided to build institutions that would make military conflict redundant.

Disaster beckoned.

Disaster preparedness

Disaster response

Disaster recovery

Disaster Relief

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

Waiting until October for the next move up is like buying insurance against a catastrophic loss.

Former President Mohamed Morsi s government was a catastrophic failure ruthlessly ideological, economically illiterate, and constitutionally irresponsible.

The catastrophic impact of the 26 December 2004 tsunami was an eye opener in that respect.

Disaster and Development

(f) Disaster management

Blair s EU disaster