There are many natural catastrophes occurring in nature.

自然界里有很多自然灾害发生。

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Natural catastrophes seemed to be almost deliberately targeting the world's worst off, from the earthquake in Haiti to floods in Pakistan.

自然灾害似乎有意针对世界上最穷的人，从海地发生的地震到巴基斯坦的洪水，无一例外。

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Halfway through, this year is already the costliest on record for natural catastrophes, insurer Munich Re said Tuesday in its first-half review.

慕尼黑再保险公司（Munich Re）本周二发表上半年业绩评论时提出，尽管时间刚刚过半，今年已经成为有记录以来自然灾害损失最高的年份。

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Risk models for natural catastrophes try to capture two things: severity (how hard a catastrophe might hit) and frequency (how often it might happen).

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"The heavy losses caused by weather-related natural catastrophes in the U.S.A. showed that greater loss-prevention efforts are needed, " Munich Re board member Torsten Jeworrek said in a media release.

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Whether from natural catastrophes, economic collapse or the slow encroachments of sand or water, it seems likely that at least some of today's cities will meet the same fate as Ozymandias, the king of kings who built a monument to himself.

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