With tensions mounting between the different ethnic groups, the U.N. fears the outbreak of a civil war.
Decreased tourist revenues are believed to be the result of the SARS outbreak in Canada.
The Queen's visit has been postponed indefinitely, due to the outbreak of hostilities in
the region.
International observers fear a renewed outbreak of violence during the transitional period between military rule and the country's upcoming democratic elections.
Those who were not killed by the earthquake are at risk from an outbreak of various diseases.
Over 10 children
have died as a result of a recent outbreak of an as yet unidentified illness.
There were only fifty men in the American airforce at the time of the outbreak of the First World War.
An outbreak of food poisoning has resulted in the temporary closure of a popular local
restaurant.
An outbreak of influenza in 1918-1919 claimed between 20 and 40 million lives worldwide.
Proper sanitation is an important factor in the prevention of outbreaks of disease.
The school has been closed due to a severe outbreak of the flu.
The outbreak of SARS in 2002 had a serious impact on the tourist industry in Toronto.
The assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo brought about the events which led to the outbreak of World War One.
The hospital has been closed to visitors, and all patients are being monitored in an attempt to halt a further outbreak of the disease.
The Olympic games had to be canceled in 1916, 1940 and 1944 due to the outbreak of major world wars.