81.   The financial turmoil hitting Southeast Asian countries since last summer will probably deal Hong Kong movies another blow, since they were big markets for Hong Kong productions.

82.   The economy has been limping since August, when the global crisis in emerging markets hit the country and the government devalued the ruble.

83.   The entire country was hit by its worst drought in a century earlier this year.

84.   The global slowdown, combined with the economic impact of the attacks, will likely hit poor countries harder, Martin said.

85.   The government has mobilized its military reservists and militiamen to help counter the worst flooding of the Nile River to hit the country in half a century.

86.   The government announced Tuesday that Bulgaria had almost doubled its wheat harvest compared to last year, when the fertile Balkan country was hit by unprecedented shortages.

87.   The gradual cuts have been aimed at avoiding the sharp plunges in currency values that hit neighboring countries like Indonesia and Thailand so hard.

88.   The isolated communist country was hit by severe floods last summer that destroyed large stretches of farm land and left a half million people homeless.

89.   The newspaper Kompas described the unrest in Banjarmasin as the worst to hit the country ahead of the ballot for a new legislature.

90.   The normal average is three storms hitting the country every month during the period.