But the morale effect of the previous disaster was very much present.

In 68 previous disasters, the report noted, the program doled out $18.1 million.

And the experience from previous disasters indicates that job growth tends to bounce back once the reconstruction effort takes hold.

The state had experienced high population growth and development since the previous major disaster in 1951, thus increasing the toll of casualties.

In previous disasters, he said, people have turned to government for special loans and grants to rebuild property lost to flooding.

Some victims of previous disasters have said they took years to settle.

Reconstruction occurred very slowly because a majority of the community was impoverished by the previous disasters.

Everyone is asking how this is possible after all those previous disasters.

Perhaps more than in any previous disaster, the survivors are getting it.

The lawsuit says that in at least one previous disaster the agency has provided emergency housing for longer than a year.