1.   During recent natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has quickly sent out relief checks to thousands of residents.

2.   ...a fifteen-year-old boy left orphaned by the recent disaster.

3.   This is evidenced by a number of recent disasters which have made the headlines.

4.   A national attentiveness to our recent disasters is, for us, more interesting than the disasters, which by comparison seem only like news.

5.   A single mammoth dam would probably not have averted the recent disaster.

6.   But the most recent disasters have been man-made.

7.   Her visit, which lasted about two hours, was scheduled long before the recent disaster.

8.   Insurers and potential customers are demanding a full explanation for the most recent disaster.