Tentative moves to negotiate a lasting peace were dealt a blow when Eta carried out a deadly bomb attack at Madrid's international airport in 2006, but, after several stalled cease-fires, in 2012 it announced that it was ready to disband.
That was until the deadly Fukushima disaster struck in March 2011, dealing a major blow to the nuclear sector: With oil and LNG having to fill nuclear gaps, price suddenly began to matter to Tokyo.
While deadly hurricanes or tsunamis can be catastrophic regardless of geography, developing nations tend to suffer a second blow through the economic damage that can continue long after the debris is gone.