In China, post-disaster reconstruction is mostly financed by the state, or through public and private donations, while in the West, insurance has proven effective in dealing with the aftermath of such calamities.
Galaxy series largescale computers developed by the University of National Defense Science and Technology have displayed its prowess fully in the weather forecasting, which not only enabled our country to rank among few countries that could make mid-term numerical weather forecast, but also remarkably improved the capability of forecasting serious natural calamities and yield enormous economic and social efficiencies.
In order to avoid calamities, at first the kingfisher always selects a high place to build its nest.
Columbia University in the US recognized newspaper coverage of local calamities and international emergencies in the 99th annual Pulitzer Prizes on Monday.
An old Chinese scholar, Wang An-shi once said, : "Calamities always come of a moment-s intolerance.
The idea being, of course, to protect her from traffic, debris, puddles and other urban calamities.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
We wondered much at one another, to see we were all blind of the same eye, but we had no leisure to discourse at length of our common calamities.
