"One of the most important lessons to be drawn is that the unthinkable can happen - that two natural disasters can hit at the same time," the commission said, announcing the agreement.

“要汲取最大的教训之一就是难以想象的事情的发生，即两种自然灾害同时发生。”欧委会说，并宣布同意了这项提议。

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A study by the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that, between 1980 and 2007, nearly 8,400 natural disasters killed more than two million people.

灾害流行病学研究中心的一项研究发现，在1980年至2007年间，近8400起自然灾害导致200多万人死亡。

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The Japanese know a thing or two about natural disasters.

日本人对自然灾害还是略知一二的。

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In its preparations for a possible millennium bug, America's Council of Economic Advisers studied the economic effects of more than two dozen natural disasters in the country since 1970.

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis attempts to translate the damages from natural disasters like hurricanes into two effects: the destruction of property and the capital stock buildings and equipment and the disruption of the flow of income that this stock of capital produces.

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Two US scientists have come up with an explanation of the 10 plagues of Egypt as a series of linked natural disasters - each following as a result of the other.

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