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Katrina was the worst natural disaster in US history, flooding 80% of New Orleans alone, and causing widespread devastation and loss of life.
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The earthquake is the costliest natural disaster in New Zealand history.
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In Colombia months of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding, killing at least 312 people in the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
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In 2005, as Katrina became the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history, Nagin took center stage on behalf of victims when he excoriated the slow pace of federal and state relief efforts, even using profanities.
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Three weeks on, Christchurch is still digging out from the 6.8-magnitude earthquake (though perhaps acknowledging the good fortune to be spared Japan-like devastation), the worst natural disaster New Zealand has experienced in its short history.
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They've been battered again and again in this new century: One of the worst natural disasters in our history, the worst environmental disaster in our history, the worst economic crisis most of us have ever known.
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You have endured a history of slavery and struggle, of natural disaster and recovery.
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It, obviously, points to one of the most dark and shameful moments in recent past history in our country -- the fact that a major American city went through a natural disaster, and we found almost (ph) little to do.
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