The island is hit regularly by devastating hurricanes.

Jealousy is one of the most destructive of all human emotions.

Jealousy is one of the most destructive of all human emotions.

Over the past few months, the Tigers have suffered a series of devastating blows.

Less has been heard about furan, this compound didn't get as famous as its companion, but the environment can be polluted with this by product as well, deriving from the alumina production.

But that was in 1970, when memories of the war s ravages were fresh.

Hurricane Katrina made the US public aware that global warming would likely raise the intensity of destructive storms.

There was also a devastating earthquake which claimed the lives of a third of Kathmandu's population, including the king Abhaya Malla.

This earthquake will go down in history as one of extreme devastation that also revealed the strength of Mexico's people.

While such initiatives cannot solve the problem of inequality, they can help to relieve some of its most damaging effects.

To succeed with this bold and necessary agenda, Latin America s left must purge its dangerous and destructive nationalist and authoritarian strains.

Second, we must encourage a true regional dialogue that prevents Afghanistan from becoming a battleground for devastating proxy wars.

Even the Russian clichés tragedy stemming from overweening power, vodka, swearing, shooting, and shouting only strengthen the film's extraordinary depiction of the local effects of distant and devastating forces.

As with the slow, sure movement of the earth s plates, this deep, broad, underlying transformation is manifesting itself in local, destructive eruptions.

While aggressively marketing tobacco products, they also waged a successful public relations campaign designed to create uncertainty about the destructive and lethal characteristics of their products.

Unfortunately, Lebanon has always been buffeted by its surroundings, and the country could once again become an arena for destructive regional conflicts, regardless of what the Lebanese prefer.

Because of these destructive incentives, Eastern Germany, Sinn argues, will remain a region of chronic unemployment, much like Italy's Mezzogiorno, which has been a drain on Italian finances for decades.

One of the most devastating global health challenges on the planet is malaria, which claims more than 800,000 lives annually, primarily among young African children.

The prospect of a Middle East conflagration has prompted an airlift of senior American officials to Israel to warn of the devastating consequences that an Israeli attack on Iran might have. Indeed, the Obama administration s main challenge these days is not peacemaking, but regional conflict management and preemption.

The prospect of a Middle East conflagration has prompted an airlift of senior American officials to Israel to warn of the devastating consequences that an Israeli attack on Iran might have.

Some of the more devastating hurricanes have included the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

As a 25 year old, Hdaib views himself as someone who isn't constricted by borders, claiming that he empathizes with the suffering of those facing devastating foreign interventions in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya.

As women gain collective rights, and especially as men accept women s changed roles, many of the disruptive effects of family change are ameliorated.

In post No. 6 for instance, days after devastating floods in Beijing in 2012, Pu responded to allegations that Beijing authorities were downplaying the death toll

Despite initial progress, eradication programs crumbled as donors, governments, and populations grew tired and turned their attention elsewhere, allowing malaria to resurge to devastating levels.

Indeed, even as the Pakistani Army launched operation Rah e Nijat (Path to Salvation) in October, a dozen devastating terrorist attacks in Pakistan s major cities demonstrated the reach of the South Waziristan militants.

In Haiti, which still suffers from underdevelopment, political turmoil, and the effects of destructive hurricanes, Ban appointed former US President Bill Clinton as his Special Representative to help deal with the country s plight.

It adds to the systematic destruction of heritage and the persecution of minorities that seeks to wipe out the cultural diversity that is the soul of the Iraqi people. According to the UN agency The books on topics ranging from philosophy and law to science and poetry have been deliberately burned over the past several weeks in what may be one of the most devastating acts of destruction of library collections in human history.

Indeed, militant Islamists, hoping to recover from the devastating blows they have absorbed since the war on terror began, are already positioning themselves to capitalize on the coming war with Iraq.

Instead of remaining preoccupied with the present, world leaders should view 2015 as an opportunity to ensure that today s disruptive crises provide the foundation for tomorrow s sustainable prosperity.

Pemimpin global nampaknya sudah mengakuinya ketika mereka mencapai kesepakatan pada lima tahun yang lalu untuk membatasi pemanasan global abad ini pada suhu 2º Celsius di atas tingkat pra industrial melebihi itu maka kita berisiko menciptakan dampak perubahan iklim yang lebih dahsyat.

Ketika para pemimpin dunia mempersiapkan diri untuk menghadiri Konferensi PBB tentang Perubahan Iklim di Paris, Pakistan berusaha pulih dari akibat buruk bencana banjir yang merusak bangunan, menghancurkan tanaman, menyapu bersih jembatan, dan menewaskan 238 orang.

The establishment position is that if any of these three disastrous policies had not been implemented, Argentina would not have fallen into crisis, or at worst it would have suffered a small tequila style crisis.

Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying and, oddly, hopeful.