This has all come crashing down.

It collapsed on May 3, 2003.

November 17 A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.

Four hurricanes brushed the Islands in 2004.

Let's get the auction started before we get a tornado.

The south coast of Myanmar was hit by the tsunami of 26 December 2004.

One hit from land the other came from the sea.

Many unidentified bodies were brought there from the coast, which had been hit hard by the giant tsunami.

A tsunami also struck western Donggala in 1996, killing nine.

On the first day I was emotionally affected by so many of the impressions I gained that at times, I felt almost paralysed by it.

When the tsunami hit South Asia, the United States contributed 1.2 billion dollars.

Hundreds of people had gathered for a beach festival in the city of Palu when the tsunami smashed on shore.

Families have been struck by devastating grief, losing loved ones, homes and livelihoods.

All this befell the Libyan family while Libya has been celebrating the International Year of the Family!

Suddenly the building collapsed and I saw my men falling into the surging water and very strong winds.

No harm came to them and they were not drawn into the consumer society, with all its anguish.

Typhoon Omar, a major natural disaster which hit the Territory in August 1992, resulted in significant damage.

In 2010, for instance, a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, forcing thousands of people into temporary refugee camps.

After the news broke, the city received more than 2,200 letters of protests and opinions from all over the nation.

More critically, public confidence in the electoral commission and the judiciary is once again falling, to levels reminiscent of those in 2007.

Nearly two dozen people were killed when a building collapsed after roads were turned into rivers in India s financial capital.

The Swiss town of Andermatt in the Adula Alps was hit by six avalanches within a 60 minute period, resulting in 13 human deaths.

When she had finished she felt cold, and knew that a more dreadful misfortune had befallen her than she had ever expected.

He holds the sky in position lest it should fall upon the earth save by His dispensation. Verily God is compassionate and kind to men.

And He restricts the heavens that it may not fall on to the earth except by His command indeed Allah is Most Compassionate, Most Merciful upon mankind.

And He with holdeth the heaven that it fall not on the earth save by His leave. Verily Allah is, unto mankind, Clement, Merciful.

He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except by His Leave. Verily, Allah is, for mankind, full of Kindness, Most Merciful.

That He holds up the sky lest it falls on earth except by His permission? God is Gracious towards the people, Most Merciful.

Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.

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

Dozens of shells fell on the area, claiming many victims, igniting fires and causing extensive damage to property.

Tsunami The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus described in detail the tsunami hitting Alexandria and other places in the early hours of 21 July AD 365.

before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

An unprecedented Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004 spread death and destruction over 14 countries on two continents.

Fortunately for Katrina's surviving victims, a silver lining has broken through the dark clouds of the Gulf Coast disaster.

In our case that experience is all the more unnerving in that it has struck our small society with unexpected suddenness and magnitude.

This year the disastrous hand of nature in the form of tropical storm quot Debbie quot struck Saint Lucia, dramatically emphasizing the vulnerability of small island developing States.

Maldives was devastated by the tsunami of December 2004, which will have a severe impact on its performance in 2005.

Almost eight hours after the tsunami hit Asia, they had no idea that their lives would be changed forever.

Mrs. Patterson (United States of America) We recently witnessed one of the worst displays of natural destruction in history.

Why has the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) been so slow and weak in its response to a natural calamity that ravaged one of its own members?

Having been hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami last December, Thailand fully understands the plight of the victims of these natural disasters and believes that more must be done to enhance preventive measures and to strengthen our efforts in disaster management, as well as in recovery, rehabilitation and development in the post disaster phase.

Mr. A. Chaudhry (Pakistan) The earthquake that hit Pakistan on 8 October has caused tremendous loss of life and damage to infrastructure.

As Central Africans, we are well aware of our prime responsibility, of our collective responsibility as a nation, for the disaster that our country lived through.