1.   He calls the drought the worst natural disaster to hit Texas this century.

2.   Many are calling this the worst humanitarian disaster in the world today.

3.   The Government has agreed not to oppose an independent investigation by the House of Lords into the RAF s worst peacetime disaster.

4.   It has called the typhoon the worst natural disaster in South Korea in many years.

5.   Americans may need to brace for inconveniences and localized problems, but the worst potential disasters are expected overseas.

6.   As catastrophists in every field suffer their worst disaster, Gloomy Gus has become a laughingstock.

7.   A year into the recovery from its worst natural disaster in decades, Honduras swirls with talk of a new society that will rise from the rubble.

8.   But the experiences of the company and the way the survivors dealt with them provide an instructive, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the worst disaster in department history.

9.   Eight people perished in the worst single disaster on the mountain.

10.   Even the much lower figure initially cited by Chavez would make the calamity the worst natural disaster in Venezuela in this century.