1.   A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.

2.   Preliminary assessments suggested that Kuwait had suffered catastrophic damage to its infrastructure during the Gulf conflict.

3.   No fatalities, major injuries or catastrophic damage were reported in either state.

4.   Public safety experts quickly took comfort in noting that the tremors appeared not to have caused any casualties or catastrophic damage to major office buildings in the region.

5.   Perhaps surprisingly enough, the least catastrophic damage from the epidemic is at the macroeconomic level.

6.   Privately, highly placed federal investigators still stand by their early intuition that it would have to be a bomb that caused such catastrophic damage so quickly.

7.   The challenge is to make the containment vessel strong and light enough to prevent catastrophic damage should a flywheel break.

8.   The center deals with the catastrophic damage caused by the floods, mud slides and storms that have hit California.

9.   This condition can cause catastrophic damage that requires large portions of the face, sometimes including an entire eye socket, to be surgically removed.

10.   Thousands of people have died and catastrophic damage has been caused by torrential rain and exceptionally violent storms.