Well it's all down to the amount of sunlight hitting the region.

The flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March 1913.

The virus, moving west in birds, hit the region for the first time, so no local bird was immune to it.

Georges was the worst hurricane to hit the region in the 20th century.

It is one of many famines to have hit the region in recent times.

It was the most powerful earthquake to hit the region in recorded history.

The blizzard that hit the region just added to the sense of occasion.

It is now 18 days since the cyclone hit the region.

This disease was one of the most deadly to hit the region over the next 80 to 100 years.

Rescue workers are still searching for survivors of a huge earthquake which hit the region 2 days ago.