It was a disaster. In eleven days of fighting, one-third of the Confederate Army in Georgia was destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

On August fifth,nineteen forty-nine, he was involved in a disaster at a forest fire near Helena,Montana.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

He believes they will create the political will to help us save the planet - and ourselves - from disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

All proceeds will go to disaster relief in Haiti through a newly-formed charity called the We Are The World Foundation.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Prime Minister Tertius Zongo is appealing for more than repair road damage, pay for humanitarian assistance and develop a better disaster-response system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

U.N.International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Deputy Director Helena Molin-Valdes told VOA health facilities need to be at the center of disaster relief.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"We are dealing with a massive and potentially-unprecedented environmental disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

The authorities have declared large stretches of normally white-sand beaches along the popular surf region of the Sunshine Coast a disaster zone, as well as Moreton and Bribie islands, which are national parks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

But she said it is time to go beyond disaster relief to long-term development to counter a so-called "youth tsunami" of an estimated one million Haitian young people who will enter the job market during the next five years.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

"At this stage my priority is to have teams of people out there cleaning this mess up to protect wildlife in what may well be the worst environmental disaster that Queensland or the south-east of our State has faced."

VOA: standard.2009.03.13