Maggie saw there was no way out of it, without risking the sheriff, or a worse calamity.

Some of the worst calamities, however, had been resolved.

He also called the floods "the worst calamity in our history."

It would be a calamity, a disaster worse than a flood, for the Kees to miss such an opportunity.

An even worse calamity occurred when the bore hole pump packed up.

Maybe it had prevented a far worse calamity.

What can be done to avoid widespread disruptions like this week's, or the worse calamities that might result from sabotage?

The aforementioned educational split was the worst calamity of the time for the natives.

At least 1,800 lives were lost in the worst domestic calamity since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane.

In these vast and solitary waters, to be dismasted is perhaps the worst calamity.