Pres. Benigno Aquino III declared a State of National Calamity on Monday, underscoring the damage to a country that was also hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake last month. (scientificamerican.com)
Months before the banks plunged Britain into national calamity, he railed against «nationalised education, nationalised health, and nationalised welfare». (theguardian.com)
(Notwithstanding the occasional mortgage meltdown national calamity, but that's a topic for someone else's blog...) (mymoneycounselor.com)