1.   It is the worst outbreak ever recorded in the country, and possibly the world.

2.   An update on what is happening in the wake of the worst outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in U.S. history.

3.   At that point, the Watts riot had been the worst outbreak of domestic civil violence in this century.

4.   Britain has just endured its rainiest year, and the worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock, in history.

5.   It was the worst outbreak of heroin overdoses in New York in more than a decade, drug experts and police officials said.

6.   On Tuesday, thousands of people angry about price increases rampaged in the worst outbreak of violence in Indonesia since its economy buckled last year.

7.   Thirty years ago, the farmers in this lush countryside were devastated by the worst outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in British history.

8.   Who could blame anyone for canceling a trip to a country that has experienced the worst outbreak anywhere in decades of two forms of plague?

9.   Perhaps the most worrisome was the worst outbreak of factional fighting since Karzai took office five weeks ago as interim leader.