Although nature decides when and where disasters strike, it is still humans who determine how much suffering they inflict.

虽然灾难何时何地发生是老天决定，但是人们仍然可以控制它们受到的损失和伤害。

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Although nature decides when and where disasters strike, it is still humans who determine how much suffering they inflict.

虽然大自然决定了灾难发生的时间和地点，但是人类却可以决定自己的受难程度。

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NATURAL disasters strike rich countries as well as needy ones, but the trail of devastation they leave behind is usually far greater in poor places.

穷国和富国同样会遭受自然灾害，可是灾害过后贫穷地区则要面对更加残酷的景象。

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So now when natural disasters strike a tsunami strikes a Pacific coast, or an earthquake flattens a city the emergency responders and the media can utilize up-to-the minute images to assess the scale and scope of the damage, target help to victims, and communicate news and information.

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It was along the same fault line that a devastating magnitude-7.9 quake struck on May 12, 2008, leaving more than 90, 000 people dead or missing and presumed dead in one of the worst natural disasters to strike China in recent decades.

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He told me that when disasters like this strike, all our grievances seem to go away.

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