Either they win by five goals, or it is national catastrophe.

Instead, he said: "This could easily and quickly become a national catastrophe.

The article implied that it was describing a national catastrophe.

By the end of March, the country, which faces national catastrophe, may well be radically transformed.

The magazine denounced the 1917 Revolution as a national catastrophe.

"We are right on the cusp of having a national catastrophe."

The Chilean government, which declared a state of "national catastrophe", put the death toll at 147 people.

"It wouldn't be the first time that only a couple of newsmen have stood between the people and a national catastrophe."

The result would be undemocratic government, foregone programs and economic or national catastrophe.

As a nation we cannot allow such a national catastrophe to recur.