Three were shut down as designed according to protocols that kick in during a major disaster.
We can all do a better job of getting ready for the next major disaster.
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We must never come so close to a major disaster as we did with the Ascania.
"The damage has been absolutely phenomenal... it's been a major disaster for the town, " he said.
President Obama declared American Samoa a major disaster area, ordering federal aid to supplement local efforts.
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Enter Superstorm Sandy the first major disaster to pummel Gotham since the rise of social media.
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President Barack Obama declared a major disaster and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.
The bank's chief executive Jim Brown told a Stormont committee that it had been a "major disaster" for the bank.
After any major disaster, diverse professional insurance counselors predictably distribute in-depth collaterals specifying best practices in dealing with insurance companies.
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Late Monday night, the president declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.
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This, of course, raises a question that looms over any major disaster relief effort: Where do we go from here?
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On Tuesday, as you know, the President provided major disaster declarations for the states of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
On the former one, this is an FMAP proposal that governs any state with which the President has declared a major disaster.
But the captain struck rocks, and a major disaster began to unfold.
If they make a slight mistake, it can become a major disaster.
Certainly a major disaster has been averted, famine halted and lives saved.
Florida is virtually one major disaster area from top to bottom.
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It found that a search for World Trade Center two hours after the attack showed no indication that a major disaster had happened.
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have all received major disaster declarations that includes individual assistance, whereby individuals in affected counties can apply directly for aid.
Tom Cruise and other celebrity supporters have given it a show biz gloss and no major disaster is complete without its volunteers turning up to help.
Well, for me it was a major disaster, but it could have been a lot worse, there could have been a lot more parents and brothers like ourselves.
President Barack Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York state after "super-storm" Sandy triggered devastating floods and cuts power to millions on the US east coast.
The President has declared Puerto Rico a major disaster area.
The slow progress in Christchurch is typical of a major disaster in a wealthy country, said Paul Dalziel, an economist at Lincoln University outside Christchurch and the sister of the opposition lawmaker.
On May 4th, as you know, President Obama declared emergency -- made emergency declarations for Mississippi and Tennessee, and a major disaster declaration for Kentucky, which will allows for additional federal support.
He really would be in trouble if people thought he was ignoring a major disaster to save his political career, travelling to swing states to campaign instead of staying in the White House.
Committee Chairman Tom Davis, a Republican from Virginia, says it's all the more disturbing because it happened after the government spent billions trying to improve the nation's ability to respond to a major disaster.
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"It may be a major disaster, " says Max Fink, MD, a professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, in New York, who researched and performed ECT for 45 years.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts due to Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 27, 2012, and continuing.
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