However, it caused the worst natural disaster in the nation's history.

但是，它却给美国造成了历史最严重的自然灾害。

Engineers have simulated the exact problem that caused the shuttle disaster in January.

工程师模拟了导致1月份事故发生的问题。

Fukushima, Japan where an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 caused the world second worst nuclear disaster.

2011年的日本福岛经历地震及海啸造成了世界第二大的核灾难。

Health experts now warn that the disaster will also cause major mental health damage as well.

健康专家如今警告称，这场灾难还将会严重影响心理健康。

And as well as causing disaster to the local people, their homes were destroyed, the landscape was significantly altered.

这场洪水给当地人带来了灾难，毁掉了他们的家园，同时也大大地改变了那里的地形。

The eruption caused a worldwide environmental disaster.

火山喷发造成了世界范围的环境灾难。

Delegates mostly agree that natural disasters are causing bigger problems.

代表们大多同意自然灾害正在造成更大的问题。

Accident investigators have been working to establish the identity of those on board, and to pinpoint precisely what caused the disaster.

事故调查人员正在确认遇难者身份，调查事故原因。

It has also caused a humanitarian disaster in Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries.

它还在世界上最贫穷的国家之一也门造成了人道主义灾难。

Chuk's absence can cause disasters for the Yucatan Maya, possibly the demise of the ancient Maya civilization itself.

Chuk 的缺席会给尤卡坦玛雅人带来灾难，可能会导致古代玛雅文明本身的灭亡。

Dzuds – natural disasters special to Mongolia caused by dry weather and severe snowy winters – have grown harsher and happen more often.

由于干燥的天气和多雪的冬季，蒙古特有的自然灾害——暴风雪变得越来越严重，发生的频率也越来越高。

In 2011, a tsunami surpassed the flood wall protecting Japan's Fukushima Power Plant, causing a nuclear disaster in addition to claiming over 18,000 lives.

2011 年的海啸超越了保护日本福岛电厂的防洪墙，引起核灾难，造成超过 18000人丧生。

According to local legend, Dali used to be overrun by dragons and the pagodas were put in place to stop them from causing natural disasters.

根据当地的传说，大理曾经被龙占领，人们建造宝塔来阻止它们造成自然灾害。

And yes, your classic stories of humans intervening in nature and causing disasters, like bringing rodents to islands, that stowed away on colonial sailing ships.

是的，你可能听过许多人类干预自然并造成灾难的经典故事，比如啮齿动物藏在殖民帆船里并被带到岛屿上的故事。

" We've got a few pots of poinsettias which are big red flowers with a very Christmas feel, and there are no prickly needles, so Leonard is safe from causing disasters, " says Helen.

我们买了几盆开着大红花的猩猩木，它们很能烘托圣诞节的气氛，它们上面没有刺，这样莱纳德就不会惹祸。

Exactly. And you know I don't want to say that climate change isn't causing disasters like we know a scientist that extreme events like heat waves and floods and droughts are projected to get more intense in the future.

确实如此，而且我不想说气候变化会引发科学家口中所说的一些极端灾难，比如更加恐怖的热浪、洪灾、干旱。