Some shared the opinion of Reuben Friedman, 59, a retired lawyer who said that officials did the best they could in an unparalleled disaster.

The past two days had been an unparalleled disaster.

The 1900 Galveston hurricane was an unparalleled disaster.

Response to Hurricane But Mitch was considered an unparalleled natural disaster back then, and like the killer tsunamis, it stirred an enormous response.

In terms of loss to the cultural heritage of our nation, the 1973 NPRC Fire was an unparalleled disaster.

Additionally, Nasser, before "fading away," in 1967 led the Arab world to war with Israel - an unparalleled disaster for Egypt and the Arabs.

When I first discovered the loss it seemed like an unparalleled disaster, worse than anything the army had inflicted on me.

But war seldom turns out the way the generals expect; Verdun was to prove to be an unparalleled disaster for Germans and French alike.

The two rivers and the sea and the land surrounding them have now become the scene of an unparalleled ecological disaster.

If a corridor is not quickly created, an unparalleled humanitarian disaster threatens.